Operations

Consumption, maintenance, monitoring, and basic debugging.

• LLM FundamentalsUnderstand how LLMs work, how they connect, their limits, and how to pick the newest models.3 resources

  • Andrej Karpathy — Deep Dive into LLMsvideofree
  • DeepLearning.AI + AWS — Generative AI with LLMscoursefree
  • Google Cloud — Introduction to Generative AIcoursefree

Independent implementation, deep code validation, infrastructure and data handling.

• RAG & Vector DataImplement RAG and connect embeddings to give AI internal context.3 resources

  • DeepLearning.AI — Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)coursefree
  • Pinecone — Learning Centerdocfree
  • Boot.dev — Learn Retrieval Augmented Generationcoursepaid

System architecture, end-to-end reliability, and security guardrails.

• Defensive Prompting & SecurityDesign production-grade safeguards against prompt injection and data-leak prevention.3 resources

  • OWASP — Top 10 for LLM Applications (2025)docfree
  • TryHackMe — AI Security pathcoursefreeHostinger
  • Lakera — Gandalf (prompt-injection practice)articlefree