7 free resources for engineers moving into AI, from an illustrated LLM repo to 40+ hours of courses
Arindam_1729 · x · 2026-10-29
For software engineers moving into AI, the author argues you don't need another 6-month roadmap — just the right free resources in the right order. His picks:
- Hands-On Large Language Models (Jay Alammar & Maarten Grootendorst): 300 diagrams and runnable code for LLM fundamentals
- AI Engineering (Chip Huyen): free study notes and topic-by-topic reading list
- Mastering LLMs (Hamel Husain & Dan Becker): 40+ hours on RAG, evals, fine-tuning, and shipping LLM products
- Applied LLMs: lessons from a year of practitioner experience
- Plus a Hugging Face agents course and more (thread truncated)
A curated starting point for engineers who want real engineering depth over marketing-style roadmaps.
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