RESOURCES
Everything you need to build AI-powered apps faster. 50 curated links across 5 categories.
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Step-by-step guides for AI development
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Official Anthropic skills, plugins, and agent compositions
Browse DirectoryFree Courses
Structured multi-lesson courses on AI agents and LLMs
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Technical walkthroughs of AI tools, models, and frameworks
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Production-ready AI apps and starter templates you can fork
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50 hand-picked resources across 5 categories. Every link tested and vetted.
AI DEVELOPMENT
Official docs, SDKs, and guides for building with large language models.
Anthropic Claude API DocsOfficial reference for the Claude API, including messages, tool use, and prompt caching.
OpenAI API ReferenceFull documentation for GPT models, Assistants API, function calling, and embeddings.
Google Gemini API DocsGuides for the Gemini family of models, multimodal inputs, and Google AI Studio.
Vercel AI SDKTypeScript toolkit for building AI apps with streaming, tool calls, and multi-provider support.
LangChain DocsFramework for composing LLM chains, agents, retrieval, and memory in Python and JS.
LlamaIndex DocsData framework for connecting LLMs to external data via indexing and retrieval pipelines.
Anthropic Prompt Engineering GuideBest practices for writing effective prompts - system prompts, XML tags, chain of thought.
OpenAI Prompt Engineering GuideStrategies for getting better results from GPT models, including few-shot and chain-of-thought.
Anthropic Research - AI SafetyPublished research on constitutional AI, interpretability, and responsible scaling.
LMSYS Chatbot ArenaLive model leaderboard with head-to-head blind comparisons across dozens of LLMs.
DEVELOPER TOOLS
Editors, terminals, databases, and deployment platforms for modern AI development.
CursorAI-native code editor built on VS Code with inline chat, tab completion, and codebase-aware context.
Claude CodeAnthropic's agentic CLI that reads, writes, and runs code directly in your terminal.
Warp TerminalModern terminal with AI command search, block-based output, and collaborative workflows.
GhosttyFast, native terminal emulator from the creator of Vagrant and Consul. GPU-accelerated rendering.
Zed EditorHigh-performance code editor with native AI integration, real-time collaboration, and Rust core.
NeonServerless Postgres with branching, autoscaling, and a generous free tier. Great for AI app backends.
ConvexReactive backend-as-a-service with real-time queries, server functions, and built-in scheduling.
PlanetScaleServerless MySQL platform with branching, zero-downtime schema changes, and global replication.
VercelFrontend cloud platform for deploying Next.js apps with edge functions and preview deployments.
CoolifySelf-hostable Heroku/Netlify alternative. Deploy anything on your own server with zero vendor lock-in.
LEARNING
Free courses, books, channels, and newsletters to sharpen your AI development skills.
fast.ai - Practical Deep LearningFree course that teaches deep learning from the top down. No PhD required.
Andrej Karpathy - Neural Networks: Zero to HeroBuild GPT from scratch in this legendary video series by the former Tesla AI director.
Hugging Face NLP CourseFree course covering transformers, tokenizers, fine-tuning, and the Hugging Face ecosystem.
DeepLearning.AI Short CoursesBite-sized free courses on RAG, agents, prompt engineering, and LLM evaluation by Andrew Ng.
Stanford CS229 - Machine LearningAndrew Ng's foundational ML course. Lectures, problem sets, and notes all freely available.
The Pragmatic Engineer NewsletterDeep dives on engineering leadership, big tech, and industry trends by Gergely Orosz.
TLDR NewsletterDaily 5-minute newsletter covering the most important tech, AI, and startup news.
Simon Willison's BlogProlific writing on LLMs, prompt injection, AI tools, and practical AI usage by the Datasette creator.
3Blue1Brown - Neural NetworksBeautiful visual explanations of neural networks, backpropagation, and transformers.
Latent Space PodcastDeep technical podcast on AI engineering. Interviews with builders behind the biggest AI tools.
OPEN SOURCE
Repos, model hubs, and contribution guides for the open-source AI ecosystem.
Hugging Face HubLargest model hub with 500K+ models. Browse, download, and deploy open-weight LLMs and diffusion models.
Ollama Model LibraryRun open-source LLMs locally. One-command install for Llama, Mistral, Gemma, and dozens more.
LangChain (GitHub)77K+ stars. The most popular framework for building LLM-powered applications and agent systems.
Open InterpreterLet LLMs run code on your computer. A natural language interface to your machine.
CrewAIFramework for orchestrating multi-agent AI systems. Define roles, goals, and collaboration patterns.
DifyOpen-source LLM app development platform with visual prompt engineering and RAG pipeline builder.
LocalAIDrop-in OpenAI API replacement that runs locally. Supports llama.cpp, whisper, and diffusion models.
First ContributionsBeginner-friendly guide to making your first open-source contribution. Step-by-step Git workflow.
vLLMHigh-throughput LLM serving engine. PagedAttention for efficient memory management and fast inference.
InstructorStructured output from LLMs using Pydantic. Makes it trivial to get typed, validated JSON from any model.
COMMUNITY
Discord servers, subreddits, social accounts, and events for AI developers.
r/LocalLLaMAReddit community for running LLMs locally. Model reviews, benchmarks, quantization tips, and hardware advice.
r/MachineLearningOne of the oldest ML communities on Reddit. Paper discussions, research news, and industry trends.
Hugging Face DiscordLarge community of ML engineers. Get help with transformers, discuss papers, and share projects.
LangChain DiscordActive community for LangChain and LangGraph users. Debugging help, showcases, and announcements.
Cursor DiscordCommunity for the Cursor AI code editor. Feature requests, tips, and workflow discussions.
@karpathy on XAndrej Karpathy shares deep insights on neural networks, training, and the future of AI.
@swyx on XAI engineer and creator of Latent Space. Covers AI engineering, tooling, and industry analysis.
@simonw on XSimon Willison posts daily about LLM experiments, prompt techniques, and new AI tools.
AI Engineer SummitConference focused on AI engineering (not research). Talks on agents, RAG, evals, and production AI systems.
NeurIPSTop ML research conference. Papers, workshops, and networking with researchers from every major AI lab.
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