SYSTEM 14/14 · THE FIELD GUIDE
Building AI Apps
From first chatbot to hired AI engineer — projects, stack choices, UX patterns, and career path.
First Projects
Build something real this weekend — guided beginner projects.
AI Project IdeasBEGINNERYour First ChatbotBEGINNERChat with Your PDFBEGINNERAdding AI to an Existing AppINTERMEDIATEBuilding a Semantic Search AppBEGINNERBuilding a Writing AssistantBEGINNERBuilding a Meeting Notes AppINTERMEDIATEStreamlitBEGINNERGradioBEGINNERHugging Face SpacesBEGINNERGoogle ColabBEGINNER
The AI App Stack
Languages, deployment, storage — the boring decisions that matter.
The Modern AI App StackBEGINNERManaging Chat HistoryINTERMEDIATEPython vs TypeScriptBEGINNERServerless vs Containers vs EdgeINTERMEDIATEEstimating AI App CostINTERMEDIATESecuring API KeysBEGINNERFeature Flags for AI FeaturesINTERMEDIATEDifyBEGINNERVercel AI SDK ToolkitINTERMEDIATEFastAPIINTERMEDIATESupabase + pgvectorINTERMEDIATEModalINTERMEDIATEReplicateINTERMEDIATEn8nBEGINNERLangflowBEGINNER
AI UX Patterns
Designing for latency, uncertainty, and the occasional confident lie.
AI UX PrinciplesBEGINNERChatbot UX PatternsINTERMEDIATEDesigning for LLM LatencyBEGINNERCitations & SourcesINTERMEDIATEError State DesignINTERMEDIATEGenerative UIINTERMEDIATEHuman-in-the-Loop UXINTERMEDIATEOptimistic UI for AIINTERMEDIATECopilotKitINTERMEDIATEassistant-uiINTERMEDIATETamboINTERMEDIATEThesys C1INTERMEDIATE
AI Engineering Career
Breaking into AI engineering without a PhD or a time machine.