Classes, Monsters, and Anti-Patterns in AI Coding

AI can now write code that looks right. Thats the problem.

It ships fast. It passes reviews. And then—quietly—it degrades your systems, your standards, and your teams judgment.

In The AI Developers Field Guide, Volume I, Tim OBrien names the patterns behind this new failure mode—and gives you a way to fight back.

This first volume lays the foundation: a shared language for recognizing the anti-patterns of AI-assisted coding before they become standard operating procedure. Using an RPG-inspired framework of classes, artifacts, spells, and monsters, the book turns vague frustration into something you can actually talk about—and fix.

Youll meet:

These arent jokes. Theyre patterns youll recognize immediately—and start seeing everywhere. But this isnt just a taxonomy of failure.

Its a field manual.

Inside are:

If youre leading a team, reviewing code, or trying to figure out whether AI is helping or quietly wrecking your engineering culture…

This book gives you the language—and the leverage—to respond before its too late.