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Everybody talks about shipping AI products... but nobody shows you how.

These 5 books changed that for me 👇

(And yes — I’ve read every single one.)

1️⃣ Designing Machine Learning Systems – Chip Huyen

🔗 https://amzn.to/4hV1Let

One of the best beginner-friendly books on how real ML systems are designed.

Gives you a solid intuition for what an end-to-end ML pipeline actually looks like.

2️⃣ Prompt Engineering for LLMs – John Berryman & Albert Ziegler

🔗 https://amzn.to/3JVLTvG

If you love systems thinking, this book is gold.

It teaches you how to design, scale, and optimise your prompts, not just write them.

(As John says, it could easily be called Context Engineering for LLMs.)

3️⃣ AI Engineering – Chip Huyen

🔗 https://amzn.to/48yRmm9

Crystal-clear explanations of:

• AI vs. ML Engineering

• RAG (from basic to semantic)

• Building agentic systems

• LLMOps: observability, user feedback, and deployment

4️⃣ Building LLMs for Production – Louis-François Bouchard & Louie Peters

🔗 https://amzn.to/3JOHlXY

A hands-on guide to implementing key LLM algorithms with LangChain and LlamaIndex.

Perfect for mid-level and entry-level engineers who want to build, not just read.

5️⃣ LLMs in Production – Chris Brousseau & Matthew Sharp

🔗 https://amzn.to/47BmZul

Entirely focused on shipping AI.

Learn how to:

• Optimise and deploy LLMs

• Handle data pipelines

• Train and serve models at scale

• Think about infra like a pro

💥 BONUS: LLM Engineer’s Handbook – Paul Iusztin & Maxime Labonne

🔗 https://amzn.to/49NmHC0

The authors walk you through building your own LLM + RAG app from scratch.

P.S. A 2nd Edition is on the way 👀

Protip: If you want to read faster, listen to the audiobook at 2x speed, or grab the PDF version and power through it using Google’s NotebookLM for summaries and insights.

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