{"product_id":"the-ai-developers-field-guide-volume-i-classes-monsters-and-anti-patterns-in-ai-coding-paperback","title":"The AI Developer's Field Guide: Volume I: Classes, Monsters, and Anti-Patterns in AI Coding - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe AI Developer's Field Guide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClasses, Monsters, and Anti-Patterns in AI Coding\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerative AI has changed software development. It has also introduced a new class of failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCode can now look correct, pass tests, and still be wrong in ways that only show up later-in production, in edge cases, or in the hands of the next developer. This book is about those failures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat This Book Covers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most common \u003cb\u003eAI coding anti-patterns\u003c\/b\u003e in modern software teams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow tools like \u003cb\u003eChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Claude\u003c\/b\u003e change code quality, review, and architecture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy AI-generated code often produces \u003cb\u003eplausible but incorrect results\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow technical debt forms faster in \u003cb\u003eAI-assisted development workflows\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical techniques for \u003cb\u003ecode review, testing, and prompt discipline\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Practical Framework for AI-Assisted Development\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces a working vocabulary for understanding how teams actually behave with AI: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeveloper archetypes\u003c\/b\u003e (Fighter, Wizard, Rogue, Cleric)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFailure modes\u003c\/b\u003e (Scope Creep Kraken, Congealing Slop, Phantom Intern, and others)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTool-driven patterns\u003c\/b\u003e that emerge from real-world usage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are not metaphors for their own sake. They are labels for repeatable problems teams encounter when using AI to write code.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoftware engineers using AI coding tools\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngineering managers and technical leads\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeams adopting \u003cb\u003eAI-assisted software development\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone responsible for \u003cb\u003ecode quality, maintainability, and delivery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Problem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAI makes it easy to generate code faster than you can understand it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat creates predictable issues: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSystems that grow quickly but are difficult to maintain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCode that passes review but fails under real conditions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeams that ship more while understanding less\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout shared language, these problems are hard to identify and harder to fix. 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