About the Author

Timothy O’Brien has been writing software and designing systems for more than three decades. His work has included software development and architecture, with a continuing interest in how technical change reshapes work and responsibility.

He is the author of The AI Developer’s Field Guide (Slop Codex), The Condition Set trilogy (Redundant, Contingent, and Essential), Into Alignment, The Human Quotient, and several books from O’Reilly on Maven and open-source Java development. The Field Guide continues at slopcodex.com. The current edition of this book is at readorchestrator.com.