Today, I am moved to speak about the most exceptional employee anyone would be fortunate to have. Indeed, he is the perfect engineer. He is well-versed in all technologies. He is always responsive to requests. He does the work correctly the first time of asking.

He never has to do a rewrite. We all know Him and know of the story.

When I look at the story of creation, and especially at how things fit perfectly, it starts to dawn on me. Indeed, every technology is in sync, and nothing is out of place. I can only come to the realization that the creator of it all did code it all very nicely indeed.

As you might have guessed by now, the perfect coder is not AI. This coder is Divine. The perfect coder is God. Let me use the analogy of programming to state my points.

God was able to spot the problems

At the beginning, the Earth was without form. This was only one of the big problems identified. There were other problems in the beginning, such as darkness, no dry land, and others. With the problems identified, God moved on to the next step.

God gave brilliant solutions

How did God solve the problem of darkness? He provided a power source that needed no recharging—the Sun. What I also noticed was that His solutions were not just brilliant; they were for the long term. The Sun never needs to be recharged or fueled up. It provides its own power inherently! The Sun’s power is like open-source software, which we are all harnessing today.

God brought solutions quickly

He made the world in six days. At least that is the most widely accepted truth. That is terrific speed, to say the least, and almost unthinkable, to say the most. The efficiency of the solutions provided in so short a time is marvelous. He works within a schedule and beats deadlines that would put most of us to shame.

God involves client participation

When He wanted to name the animals of the earth, He sought the participation of Adam. Adam then went on to name them. Come to think of it, we still name animals when we discover new ones. When Adam said he was lonely and God listened, what was He doing? He was paying attention to the needs of His clients.

Conclusion

We may not have the qualities of this perfect coder. However, this gives us the standards to which we ought to aspire. Yes, this post might sound a little religious to some and a serious reminder of the awesomeness of our Lord to others. I hope you did not feel that I was preaching. What I aimed to do was encourage us all to pick the four themes from the creation story and apply them to our own work.

• Let us discover the right problems.
• Let us give the right solutions, not the easy ones.
• Let us quickly execute the solutions.
• And finally, let us invite client participation.

I always strive to include these four themes when I work. Hence, I encourage you to reach out if you want my thoughts on anything related to software.