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Track 4 — AI Engineering

AI Engineering

Twenty-three chapters across seven parts — foundations, LLM engineering, RAG, agents, production (serving, observability, safety, cost), 5 worked examples, and a senior-level interview chapter. Built for engineers switching into AI roles.

01
Foundations · Python for AI engineering
2 min read · 6 sections
02
Foundations · The math + ML survival kit
2 min read · 5 sections
03
Foundations · Transformers from first principles
2 min read · 5 sections
04
LLM Engineering · Provider landscape and tradeoffs
2 min read · 6 sections
05
LLM Engineering · Prompt engineering that works
2 min read · 6 sections
06
LLM Engineering · Structured output and tool use
2 min read · 5 sections
07
LLM Engineering · Cost, latency, and reliability
2 min read · 5 sections
08
RAG Systems · Embeddings and semantic search
2 min read · 6 sections
09
RAG Systems · Vector databases — choosing and operating
2 min read · 5 sections
10
RAG Systems · Chunking and retrieval strategies
2 min read · 8 sections
11
RAG Systems · Evaluating RAG and LLM systems
2 min read · 6 sections
12
AI Agents · ReAct loop and core patterns
3 min read · 8 sections
13
AI Agents · Multi-agent orchestration
3 min read · 6 sections
14
AI Agents · Memory architectures
3 min read · 7 sections
15
AI Agents · Reliability — failure modes and guardrails
2 min read · 5 sections
16
Production · Serving LLM applications
2 min read · 6 sections
17
Production · Observability and tracing
2 min read · 6 sections
18
Production · Safety — prompt injection, jailbreaks, PII
2 min read · 5 sections
19
Production · Fine-tuning when prompting hits a wall
2 min read · 6 sections
20
Production · Cost engineering at scale
2 min read · 4 sections
21
AI engineering — 5 worked examples
7 min read · 5 sections
22
Career · The AI engineering interview
3 min read · 7 sections
23
Master reading list
2 min read · 5 sections