Foundations1 weekend
Ship a CLI tool
An installable command-line tool with argument parsing, helpful errors and a release. Small enough to finish, real enough to use daily.
Node.js or PythonGitnpm / pip publish
Don't just learn technology. Build with it.
Projects designed to be finished. Each one has a definite outcome, a realistic time box and a skill that stays with you.
Intermediate2 weekends
Build a scoped AI agent
An agent that does one job with tools, memory and guardrails - research assistant, changelog writer, inbox triager. Reliability over spectacle.
An LLM APITool definitionsStructured outputs
Foundations1 evening
Delete a chore from your week
Pick the task you repeat most and automate it end to end: fetch, transform, deliver, schedule. Feel the compounding immediately.
ScriptsCron / schedulersOne API
Intermediate1 weekend
Instrument something real
Dashboards for your own life or project: collect data, store it, chart it. Databases and visualization learned through something you care about.
SQLite / PostgresA chart libraryA tiny web app
Walkthroughs for each project ship as articles and videos.
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