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AI and Machine Learning Course from Scratch

The curriculum

4 core areas covered
01 Real AI system design and architecture
02 Retrieval pipelines and fine-tuning
03 Agent reliability and production infrastructure
04 System design interview prep for AI-focused roles

What you'll walk away with

Retrieval pipelines and fine-tuning workflows you've actually run, not just read about
Production-grade agent infrastructure experience, not a notebook demo
Interview-ready answers for AI-focused system design questions

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What makes it different

Hands-on implementation projects, not theory.

Format

3-4 free articles monthly. A separate paid tier (two flagship courses, source code repos, and ebooks) also exists inside this newsletter β€” the free issues stand on their own and don't require it.

Who it's for

Developers who want to ship a real AI system end-to-end β€” not just call an LLM API and call it done.

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