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Research note in development
When Software Behaves Like an Ecosystem
Relationships, boundaries, feedback, and emergence as architectural lenses
Introduction
Software systems are built, but their interactions can still produce effects that no single part controls. This developing research note explores an ecosystem analogy for architecture through boundaries, exchange, feedback, and emergence. The analogy remains provisional and will be revised where historical or technical evidence does not support it.
Research state
This is a research note in development. A complete manuscript is not yet public, and the summary must not be read as a finished paper or validated conclusion.