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AI Engineer Bootcamp

Build alongside me

Learn AI engineering by building, not watching. I'm completing the Bootcamp in public on GitHub—follow my progress or build your own alongside me.

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The AI Engineer Bootcamp is a free project-based curriculum that guides you through 15 real-world projects covering software engineering, backend development, RAG, AI agents, LLMOps, full-stack AI applications, and production deployment. Instead of relying on AI to generate everything for you, you will use it as a mentor and pair programmer while learning how to design systems, write production-quality code, make engineering decisions, and solve real problems. By the end of the Bootcamp, you will have a portfolio of professional projects and the practical experience needed to confidently pursue modern AI engineering roles or build your own production AI systems.

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Weekly Newsletter

AI for "Normal" People

Volume 11

A Sunday breakdown of the biggest AI stories, explained without the hype. This week’s issue covers Meta’s Muse Spark 1.3, research showing AI can speed up coding without getting products shipped sooner, who actually captures the productivity gains, and a personal reflection on why an unearned win can feel worse than a loss.

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Inside, you’ll learn why bottlenecks simply move downstream, how uneven adoption and concentrated gains complicate AI’s productivity story, why LM Studio is a practical way to run models locally, and what Michigan’s last-second escape against Western Michigan reveals about struggle, fairness, and earning the result.

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