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of building.

Learn to design and build AI systems and software products through hands-on lessons, practice, and challenges.

Learning

Build a strong foundation in AI systems, software architecture, and modern product engineering.

Structured lessons break complex topics into clear concepts and practical building blocks.

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Production AI system Live trace
INPUTContext

Prompt · state · history

KNOWLEDGERAG

Retrieve · rerank · ground

REASONACTOBSERVE
RUNTIMEAgent harness

State · retries · checkpoints

graph orchestration
ACTIONSTools

APIs · search · code

STATEMemory

Short-term · long-term

RELIABILITYEvals & guardrails

Trace · test · approve

request flow06 connected components

Practice

Apply what you learn to practical problems. Work at your own pace, compare approaches, and return to a problem when you want another attempt.

Problems progress through Learn, Practice, and Challenge modes.

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System test lab Running
SCENARIORAG pipeline under load
01Query120 req/s
02Retrievetop-k: 12
03Rerank+148 ms
04Generatestreaming
800ms400ms0ms
P95 LATENCY486 mswithin target
18 tests passedGroundedness 94%Errors 0.3%

Challenges

Take on a focused AI-systems scenario with clear constraints. Make decisions, explain your reasoning, and earn progress for completing the work.

Daily and structured challenges for agents, RAG, reliability, and infrastructure.

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Builders league 2d 14h left
1,284BUILDERS
MK2Maya K.2,740 XP
1JL1Jon L.3,120 XP
SA3Sam A.2,510 XP
12RK

Rina K.4 challenges

1,860 XP
24YOU

Your rank2 challenges

1,240 XP
25DN

Dev N.3 challenges

1,210 XP

Interviews

Prepare for technical interviews across AI agents, generative AI, system design, and core engineering topics with a clear practice plan.

Interview tracks with focused problem sets and preparation guidance.

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Technical interview Interview in progress
Software engineer taking a remote technical interview
CandidateAI Systems · Senior
Answering
LIVE TRANSCRIPT

“I’d combine bounded retries with exponential backoff, then open a circuit breaker…”

01:24

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