The Ethics of Using GraphQL

A talk about GraphQL's history and the ethics behind deciding to use it.

Current deck from: GraphQL Day Bodensee
Resources: Coming soon!
Recording: N/A

1. SOMETHING SOMETHING GRAPHQL ETHICS RESPONSIBILITY SOMETHING @carolstran
2. IT’S NOT ABOUT RIGHT OR WRONG
3. ETHICAL PRACTICE IS ABOUT ASKING QUESTIONS
4. SHOULD I USE GRAPHQL?
6. I NEVER STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT IT
7. FAST FORWARD TO 2018
8. YOU DON’T SUPPORT FACEBOOK, SO WHY DO YOU WANT TO USE GRAPHQL?
9. SHOULD I USE GRAPHQL?
10. SHOULD WE USE GRAPHQL?
11. WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT WHO BUILT IT
12. DO THE TECHNOLOGIES WE CHOOSE MATTER?
13. DO DEVELOPERS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONSIDER ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THEIR CODE? StackOverflow 2018 Developer Survey
14. HAVE YOU EVER DECIDED NOT TO USE AN OPEN SOURCE PACKAGE… BECAUSE YOU DID NOT AGREE ETHICALLY WITH THE PRACTICES OF THE PARENT COMPANY DEVELOPING IT? Monica Lent
15. 31% YES 69% NO Monica Lent
16. SOME POINTED OUT PRIVILEGE
17. MANY POINTED OUT REACT
18. YOU MADE ME FEEL BAD
19. WON’T BUY THEIR PRODUCTS, BUT NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT OSS
20. THIS GEM
21. AND THEN THERE WAS THIS ONE
22. I STARTED TO WONDER ABOUT GRAPHQL
23. 2012 Facebook Engineering Blog
24. JANUARY 2015 React.js Conf 2015
25. JULY 2015 React Europe 2015
26. THE NEXT YEARS
27. AUGUST 2017 David Walsh’s Medium Page
28. NOVEMBER 2018 Lee Byron’s Medium Page
29. TODAY The GraphQL Foundation
30. HOW DO PEOPLE CLASSIFY GRAPHQL?
31. DO YOU CONSIDER GRAPHQL TO BE A FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGY, DESPITE THE FACT IT’S NOW OFFICIALLY UNDER THE LINUX FOUNDATION?
32. 52% YES 48% NO
33. COMPARISONS TO KUBERNETES
34. ISSUES WITH LINUX FOUNDATION
35. MOST PEOPLE REPLIED TO DEFEND THEIR ‘NO' STATUS
36. THERE WAS A FACEBOOK LOGO ON GRAPHQL.ORG
37. A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN’T KNOW THIS HAPPENED
38. I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME QUESTIONS
39. Muel Kaptein and Johan Wempe EFFORT CONDUCT IMPACT VIRTUE ETHICS DUTY-BASED ETHICS CONSEQUENTIAL ETHICS
40. Muel Kaptein and Johan Wempe EFFORT CONDUCT IMPACT VIRTUE ETHICS DUTY-BASED ETHICS CONSEQUENTIAL ETHICS
41. IS THIS LEGAL?
42. WHAT’S THE MOTIVATION?
43. WHAT WOULD MY MOM THINK ABOUT THIS?
44. Muel Kaptein and Johan Wempe EFFORT CONDUCT IMPACT VIRTUE ETHICS DUTY-BASED ETHICS CONSEQUENTIAL ETHICS
45. WHAT INFORMATION AM I MISSING?
46. IS MY DECISION IN LINE WITH THE CORE VALUES?
47. ARE THERE REGULATIONS, RULES OR POLICIES THAT RESTRICT YOUR CHOICES?
48. COULD YOU RATIONALLY AND HONESTLY DEFEND YOUR DECISION?
49. Muel Kaptein and Johan Wempe EFFORT CONDUCT IMPACT VIRTUE ETHICS DUTY-BASED ETHICS CONSEQUENTIAL ETHICS
50. WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OR OUTCOMES OF THIS DECISION?
51. WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS?
52. DO WE WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION OR COMPANY BEHIND THIS TOOL?
53. A NOTE ABOUT THESE ETHICAL THEORIES
54. WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
55. EDUCATE OURSELVES
56. NORMALIZE ETHICS AS PART OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION
57. WRITE A CODE OF ETHICS
58. ONCE IT EXISTS, ENFORCE IT
59. TWO PERSONAL NOTES
60. "THE WAY WE DO ANYTHING IS THE WAY WE DO EVERYTHING"
61. BETTER THAN YESTERDAY