A book series

Know the Craft™

AI is crafting, and you should know the craft to judge.

Like a building inspector: you don’t have to lay every brick, but you must know how it should be built. These books teach the operations of software construction, the ways each one can be done, and how each fails, so you can direct an AI coding agent and judge what it builds.

Book 1 · coming soon

Know the Craft

Software Engineering Fundamentals for Engineers Who Direct AI Coding Agents

The series

After the fundamentals, the planned books go deeper into:

Practice alongside the books

Interactive exercises, animated figures and self-checks will live on the companion site.

Visit knowthecraft.dev