Guides
AI Engineering Guides
Practical, no-fluff guides for people building with AI: roadmaps, project ideas, and build plans you can actually follow. Free, kept current, and written from real production work.
Roadmap
AI Engineer Roadmap 2026
Seven phases from Python to deployment, with a free course and a project to build for each. The path I'd give anyone starting AI engineering in 2026.
Read guideUpdated 29 July 2026
Project ideas24 AI Project Ideas to Build in 2026
24 portfolio-ready builds across RAG, agents, MCP and production, each with a mini-PRD: goal, features, free stack, and step-by-step build plan.
Read guideUpdated 29 July 2026
Open source9 Open-Source AI Tools That Replace Paid Subscriptions
Cursor, ChatGPT Plus, Midjourney, Perplexity, Grammarly and more, replaced by nine open-source tools, ~$158/month saved, with install steps and a free model for each.
Read guideUpdated 25 August 2026