One of my coworkers (colmmacc@ on twitter) has been giving talks [1][2] for years on how PID loops and control systems theory apply to software, and that I’m totally convinced that it’s an undermined vein of excellent thought. I’m working on applying this to a piece of software I’m building and I’m very excited.
1: https://www.infoq.com/presentations/pid-loops/
2: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O8xLxNje30M