Academy · v1 · 2026

From zero to shipping
AI in production.

A practical academy for engineers. Six modules, dozens of lessons, capstone projects. Build agents, RAG systems, and production AI services on your own machine.

Trusted by engineers from

GoogleMetaAppleNetflixGitHubStripeShopify

800+ engineers enrolled.

~/academy/build-your-first-app
$ docker compose up vllm postgres
 vLLM ready on :8000
 pgvector extension loaded
$ python -m agent.run
 tool: search_docs() ✓
 tool: write_to_index() ✓
 agent ready · 17ms p50

Architecture · the stack you ship

vLLM
inference
pgvector
retrieval
Agent
planner
API
fastapi

The problem · why engineers get stuck

Most AI tutorials stop right
before production starts.

04 · observed

today
  • 01Cloud API bills creeping into the thousands per month.
  • 02Prototype demos that crumble the moment real traffic hits.
  • 03No reproducible eval — "works on my laptop" debugging.
  • 04Agents that hallucinate tools and crash silently.

04 · shipped

after academy
  • 01Local-first inference, predictable cost, full data control.
  • 02Containerized services with measurable latency budgets.
  • 03A real eval harness, RAG triad, regression tests.
  • 04Agents that recover from failure and log every step.
"The eval harness alone paid for the academy. We caught regressions that would have shipped to prod."
AL
Anna L.
Senior ML Engineer

Audience · two clear signals

Built for you. Or not.

Built for you

  • You write code daily and want a real production AI stack.
  • You can read documentation and run things locally.
  • You prefer first-principles to copy-paste tutorials.
  • You want to ship, not just play with demos.

Look elsewhere

  • You expect hand-holding through every keystroke.
  • You only want pre-built no-code tools.
  • You are not interested in evaluating or testing models.
  • You only want managed cloud APIs and never local infra.

Curriculum · six modules

What you will build.

Each module ends with a capstone you can put in your portfolio.

Instructor

VV

Hands-on, opinionated, in production.

Course author with a decade of ML and AI engineering experience. Tutorials are written while shipping the same systems in real products — what works, what breaks, what to skip.

Years building ML
10+
Engineers enrolled
800+
Users in production
100M+

FAQ · 10 questions · common objections

Common questions.

No. Every lesson runs on a modern laptop. We use small quantized models locally and recommend cloud GPU only for the optional fine-tuning module.

Final call · the last step

Stop reading tutorials.
Start shipping AI.

  • 01Six structured modules · capstone projects
  • 02Local-first stack · runs on your laptop
  • 03Production patterns · evals · observability
  • 04Discord community · monthly office hours
"Local-first stack changed how I prototype. No more API bills, no more rate limits during dev."
MT
Marc T.
Staff Engineer, fintech

Pricing · two ways

One academy. Two ways to access.

USD
$197once

Lifetime access · all updates · community

  • All current and future modules
  • Capstone projects with reference code
  • Quizzes with auto-graded feedback
  • Discord community
  • Invoiceable for teams
  • 30-day refund

Stripe · SSL · invoice on request