Book: Refactoring in the Age of AI

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A Practical Field Guide for Developers Using AI IDEs

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Refactoring in the Age of AI is a practical field guide for developers who use AI IDEs and coding agents in real software work. The book treats AI as a powerful engineering assistant, not as a replacement for design judgment, tests, code review, and disciplined refactoring habits.

The focus is on working with existing codebases: understanding intent, isolating change, improving structure, preserving behavior, and using AI tools without losing control of the system. It is written for developers, technical leads, and hands-on architects who want AI help while still owning the quality of the code.

What you will find inside

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• Refactoring with intent: how to clarify the purpose of a change before asking an AI tool to rewrite code.
• AI IDE workflows: practical habits for using code-aware assistants, agents, prompts, and local project context.
• Safety through tests: why behavior-preserving refactoring still depends on tests, small steps, and verification.
• Codebase understanding: techniques for reading unfamiliar modules, identifying boundaries, and avoiding accidental redesign.
• Human judgment: where AI suggestions help, where they mislead, and how developers should review, constrain, and iterate.

This book is for builders who want the speed of AI-assisted development without giving up the craft of clean, maintainable, well-tested software.