Building AI Apps · TRACK 01/04
First Projects
Build something real this weekend — guided beginner projects.
// THE TRACK
01 · START HEREAI Project IdeasChoose a first AI project that fits your current skills and teaches you the most per hour of effort.BEGINNERYour First ChatbotGo from zero to a deployed, multi-turn AI chatbot — API key setup, conversation memory, Python and TypeScript code, and one-click deployment.BEGINNERChat with Your PDFBuild the classic beginner RAG project — an app that answers questions about any PDF you upload.BEGINNERAdding AI to an Existing AppA pragmatic playbook for shipping your first AI feature inside the codebase you already have.INTERMEDIATEBuilding a Semantic Search AppBuild a real semantic search app end to end — embed documents, store vectors, and return ranked results by meaning instead of keywords.BEGINNERBuilding a Writing AssistantBuild a focused AI writing assistant that rewrites, summarizes, and adjusts tone — your second project after a chatbot.BEGINNERBuilding a Meeting Notes AppBuild a meeting notes app that turns recorded audio into a clean summary of decisions and action items.INTERMEDIATEStreamlitYou will understand what Streamlit is, how it turns a Python script into a web app, and why it is a go-to for AI demos and internal tools.BEGINNERGradioYou will understand what Gradio is, how it wraps a model in a web UI in a few lines, and why it is the fastest route to a shareable demo.BEGINNERHugging Face SpacesYou will understand what Hugging Face Spaces are, how they host Gradio/Streamlit/Docker apps for free, and how to share your first AI demo.BEGINNERGoogle ColabYou will understand what Google Colab is, how it gives free GPU-backed notebooks in the browser, and why it is the universal beginner AI environment.BEGINNER