You're overthinking it by a lot. Tao is not an inherently religous concept, at least for most people. Actually the use of "The Tao of..." (...之道) is somewhat co

You're overthinking it by a lot. Tao is not an inherently religous concept, at least for most people. Actually the use of "The Tao of..." (...之道) is somewhat common in modern writing. Source: as a native speaker. Edit: that being said you might not want to share this book with junior programmers. Not because it's offensive, but that they might think you're a snob.