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Python for AI Engineers

Build practical Python fluency for APIs, pipelines, evaluation scripts, and debugging in applied AI systems.

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Python runtime habits that matter in AI work

Data modeling with Pydantic, boundary layers for API responses, idempotent scripts, and logging patterns for AI debugging.

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Python runtime habits that matter in AI work

Data modeling with Pydantic, boundary layers for API responses, idempotent scripts, and logging patterns for AI debugging.

60 min
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Async patterns for AI workloads

asyncio for concurrent LLM calls, gathering multiple provider requests, rate limiting with semaphores, and connection pooling.

65 min
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Data pipelines for AI ingestion

Processing documents for ingestion, streaming data transformations, generators for memory efficiency, and batch vs stream processing tradeoffs.

65 min
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Type safety and validation patterns for AI systems

Advanced Pydantic patterns, discriminated unions for provider responses, generic types for AI abstractions, and runtime validation strategies.

70 min
5

Performance and profiling for AI pipelines

Profiling LLM-heavy code, caching strategies with TTL, memory management with large contexts, and concurrent processing patterns.

70 min
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Pydantic for AI applications

Structured output validation from LLMs, settings management with BaseSettings, schema generation for tool definitions, and response models for provider APIs.

40 min
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Async concurrency for AI workloads

asyncio.gather for parallel provider calls, semaphores for rate limiting concurrent requests, streaming response handling with async generators, and timeout patterns.

45 min
8

Testing AI applications

Why AI testing is different from conventional testing, mocking LLM providers for unit tests, snapshot testing for prompt outputs, and eval-driven testing with golden datasets.

45 min
9

CLI tools and scripts for AI workflows

Building eval runners with typer, batch processing scripts with progress tracking, data preparation pipelines, and machine-readable report output.

35 min
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Error handling for unreliable AI services

Retry strategies with exponential backoff and jitter, circuit breaker pattern for provider failures, timeout cascading in multi-step pipelines, and partial failure handling.

40 min