Thinking about the Tao Te Ching and technological scripture. Christopher Alexander’s up there. Some other candidates:

• Alan Perlis, Epigrams on Programming
• Tim Peters, The Zen of Python
• The Unix philosophy
• John Gall, Systemantics
• Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems
• Fred Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month
• Stewart Brand, How Buildings Learn
• Richard Gabriel, Patterns of Software
• Ivan Illich, Tools for Conviviality

These classify as scripture because:

• They’re ambiguous enough to invite endless interpretation
• They carry authority that ends arguments
• They inspire awe at the author seeing the whole problem first
• They’ve become near-sacred because they’re interpreted, not tested

The above is a generated starter pack. Not to be confused with the Silicon Valley canon, which is a litmus test for belonging.