AI Engineering — Start Here
Notes, references, and methodology for becoming a hireable AI Application Engineer. The year-long plan that ties it all together is the 12-Month Roadmap.
Read in this order
If you're new to this section, go through it like this:
- Glossary — vocabulary reference. Skim once, return to it when a term trips you up.
- 12-Month Roadmap — the year-long plan and the single source of truth.
- Building an Agentic System — the project-agnostic recipe for building any agentic system.
- AI-First Methodology — the six core components of an AI-first engineering methodology.
What each document is for
| Document | Type | Use it when… |
|---|---|---|
| Glossary | Reference | A term in the reading or other docs is unclear |
| 12-Month Roadmap | Strategy | Deciding what to work on this month |
| Building an Agentic System | How-to | Building any agentic system from scratch |
| AI-First Methodology | Reference | Understanding the components of an AI-first methodology |