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AI App Engineer: Python Backend, FastAPI & LLM Apps

What you'll learn

Ten dense episodes, no padding
From hello-world to a tested, authenticated API
Full Win/Mac/Linux setup with VS Code configuration
FastAPI + SQLAlchemy + Postgres + Alembic from scratch
Six focused 15-minute episodes — production patterns, not theory
Real Python code in every episode, drop into any project

Week by week

Week 1 · Basic

Learn Python for backend

Ten tight episodes (plus a 90-second trailer) that take a beginner from print('hello') to a tested, authenticated, async Python API backed by SQLite.

  • Ten dense episodes, no padding
  • From hello-world to a tested, authenticated API
  • FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLite — modern Python stack
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Week 2 · Basic

Become AI App Engineer with practical projects in Python using FastAPI & Gemini

Twenty practical lessons (plus trailer and Win/Mac/Linux setup) that build a deployable AI-powered e-commerce backend in Python with FastAPI and Gemini.

  • Full Win/Mac/Linux setup with VS Code configuration
  • FastAPI + SQLAlchemy + Postgres + Alembic from scratch
  • Google Gemini for descriptions, search, recommendations
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Week 3 · Basic

LLM & AI Application Engineering

Six intermediate Python episodes that turn LLM API calls into production-ready AI applications with RAG, tools, and agents.

  • Six focused 15-minute episodes — production patterns, not theory
  • Real Python code in every episode, drop into any project
  • Covers prompts, RAG, tool calling, async patterns, and agents end-to-end
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Final step · Required

Interview Preparation

The weeks teach the skills; this step rehearses selling them. Mock interview questions, project walk-through practice, and answer patterns for the roles this path targets.

Python Backend DeveloperAI EngineerFull-Stack Developer (Python Focus)API Developer
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Tech stack you'll master

Python 3.12+FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Postgres, AlembicGoogle Gemini, LLM APIs, RAG, AgentsVS Code, Git

Prerequisites

  • Basic computer literacy — no backend experience assumed
  • A computer with 8GB+ RAM (Windows, macOS, or Linux)
  • A Google Gemini or OpenAI API key for the projects

By the end you'll be able to

  • Build a tested, authenticated Python API from scratch
  • Design FastAPI backends with SQLAlchemy, Postgres and Alembic
  • Integrate Gemini for descriptions, search and recommendations
  • Turn LLM API calls into production-ready features with RAG, tools and agents
  • Ship a deployable AI-powered e-commerce backend end to end