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The AI Engineer Roadmap

What every software engineer should learn about AI — in the order that makes the ramp seamless, from base concepts to agentic workflows.

stack-agnostic frontend backend mobile devops

Core path

Advanced / good to know

Completed

0 done

▶ Start here

1Foundations & Mental Models

2Tokens, Pricing & Cost

3AI-Assisted Coding Tools

4AI Agents & Agentic Coding

5Context & Configuration

6Model Context Protocol (MCP)

🏁 You’re AI-ready

Tip: tap any box to mark it done — order runs base → advanced, top to bottom.