Vibe coding won't save your career.
Those, who want to control AI must understand engineering.
And it’s not rocket science.
The best free resources to get started:
- System Design 101 by ByteByteGo (GitHub):
github.com/ByteByteGoHq/syst…
- Engineering Visual Guides:
bytebytego.com/guides/
- Become a Supabase Pro in 1.5 Hours (1:26:39):
youtu.be/dU7GwCOgvNY
- Overview of HTTP by Mozilla:
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/…
- HTTP Request Methods:
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/…
- The most important concepts of Node.js and Express.js (17:09):
youtu.be/2YIgGdUtbXM?si=84ZJ…
- Every React Concept Explained in 12 Minutes (11:52):
youtu.be/wIyHSOugGGw?si=gaIJ…
- TypeScript - The Basics (12:00):
youtu.be/ahCwqrYpIuM?si=g5ln…
- CSP Guide by Mozilla:
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/…
- OWASP Top 10:
owasp.org/www-project-top-te…
- Getting Started with Lovable:
docs.lovable.dev/introductio…
- Replit AI Agent, Full Course:
youtu.be/DaXQ5L7r7Lg?si=z0Kb…
- n8n Masterclass:
youtu.be/AURnISajubk?si=BT1r…
- How to Integrate Supabase with Clerk:
clerk.com/docs/integrations/…
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Guides for those building AI-powered products:
- How To Build, Deploy, And Scale Your AI Product Strategy:
productcompass.pm/p/openai-h…
- 14 Prompting Techniques:
productcompass.pm/p/promptin…
- AI Evals:
productcompass.pm/p/ai-evals
- Error Analysis:
productcompass.pm/p/evaluati…
- A Guide to Context Engineering:
productcompass.pm/p/context-…
- AI Agent Architectures:
productcompass.pm/p/ai-agent…
- 17 Penetration & Performance Testing Prompts:
productcompass.pm/p/penetrat…
- 3-Layers Distribution Framework To Win Market Share: Subscribe to get notified:
productcompass.pm/subscribe
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Finally, learn by doing:
(no coding, understanding tech)
- LLM Chatbot:
productcompass.pm/p/llm-api-…
- RAG Chatbot:
productcompass.pm/p/how-to-b…
- Voice Agent:
productcompass.pm/p/n8n-mcp-…
- Multi-Agent Research System:
productcompass.pm/p/multi-ag…
- Separate DEV/TEST/PROD:
productcompass.pm/p/lovable-…
- Full-Stack App with Lovable (2:00:00):
productcompass.pm/p/full-sta…
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[Bonus] My favorite tools:
- Database: Supabase
- Vector store: Pinecone
- Coding agents: Lovable (easiest), Replit, Cursor (most advanced)
- Hosting: Netlify, Vercel
- Authentication: Clerk
- Hardening: Cloudflare
- Transactional emails (avoid SPAM): Postmark
- SEO for SPA apps: Prerender
- Cache: Redis Netlify
- Storage: S3
- Analytics: Clarity, PostHog
- Logging: Logtail
- Metrics: Grafana
- Feature flagging: GrowthBook
- System status: Uptimerobot
- Payments: Stripe
- Agentic workflows: n8n (easiest), LangChain (most advanced)
- Evals off-the-shelf: LangSmith
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What did I forget?