Foundation

Setup and Tooling

A professional AI workstation: Python, Node, Rust, GPUs and containers.

12 lessons ~7.7 hr
  1. Dev EnvironmentBuild · Free · 45 minYour tools shape your thinking. Set them up once, set them up right.Open
  2. Git & CollaborationLearn · Free · 30 minVersion control is not optional. Every experiment, every model, every lesson you build here gets tracked.Open
  3. GPU Setup & CloudBuild · Free · 45 minTraining on CPU is fine for learning. Training for real needs a GPU.Open
  4. APIs & KeysBuild · Free · 30 minEvery AI API works the same way: send a request, get a response. The details change, the pattern doesn't.Open
  5. Jupyter NotebooksBuild · Free · 30 minNotebooks are the lab bench of AI engineering. You prototype here, then move what works into production.Open
  6. Python EnvironmentsBuild · Free · 30 minDependency hell is real. Virtual environments are the cure.Open
  7. Docker for AIBuild · Free · 1 hContainers make "works on my machine" a thing of the past.Open
  8. Editor SetupBuild · Free · 20 minYour editor is your co-pilot. Configure it once so it stays out of your way and starts pulling its weight.Open
  9. Data ManagementBuild · Free · 45 minData is the fuel. How you manage it determines how fast you go.Open
  10. Terminal & ShellLearn · Free · 35 minThe terminal is where AI engineers live. Get comfortable here.Open
  11. Linux for AILearn · Free · 30 minMost AI runs on Linux. You need to know enough to not be stuck.Open
  12. Debugging and ProfilingBuild · Free · 1 hThe worst AI bugs don't crash. They train silently on garbage and report a beautiful loss curve.Open