Guiding Software Engineering 3.0 with Dao De Jing: Minimal Core to Tackle Demand Bloat and Architecture Redundancy
By applying the Dao De Jing principle “less is more,” the article proposes a four‑layer “Dao‑Fa‑Shu‑Qi” framework for Software Engineering 3.0 that emphasizes a minimal core, AI‑assisted demand pruning, lean architecture, and tool‑driven implementation to counter demand explosion and architectural bloat.
