Guiding Software Engineering 3.0 with Daoist Principles: Insights from the Dao De Jing (Part 1)
The article maps the Dao De Jing’s concepts of Dao and De to Software Engineering 3.0, defining its underlying laws, behavioral guidelines, and three core Daoist ideas—Dao follows nature, non‑action governance, and minimalism—to show how AI‑enabled, complex‑system development can achieve harmonious human‑machine collaboration.
