Six ways to build with AI.
Pick the track closest to the work you want to do. Each brief shows what you will practice, what you can ship, and what Builder-level work looks like.
Start from the work you want to do.
The chooser keeps the decision practical: choose the kind of artifact you want to leave with.
I want to shape product screens
Start with UX if you want research and rationale. Pick FE if you want the working interface to be the artifact.
I want to build the engine
Start with BE for product infrastructure. Pick ML / AI when model behavior and evaluation are the main challenge.
Practical lanes, proof-first outcomes.
Business Development
Turn AI-assisted research into a repeatable go-to-market motion.
- Best for
- Customer research, outreach, market judgment, and founder-led sales.
- Pace
- 5-8 hrs/week
- Capstone
- Prospecting portfolio plus GTM experiment plan.
Frontend Engineering
Ship a responsive, accessible interface with AI as a useful coding partner.
- Best for
- Product screens, responsive UI, accessibility, and shipped web apps.
- Pace
- 6-10 hrs/week
- Capstone
- Deployed interface or product workflow.
Backend Engineering
Build reliable server-side workflows that survive real product use.
- Best for
- APIs, data models, integrations, background work, and reliability.
- Pace
- 6-10 hrs/week
- Capstone
- Deployed API, worker, integration, or approval workflow.
ML / AI Engineering
Build an AI feature with a measurable quality bar, not just a demo.
- Best for
- LLM features, retrieval, agents, structured outputs, and evaluation.
- Pace
- 6-10 hrs/week
- Capstone
- AI workflow, RAG prototype, eval harness, or tool-calling demo.
UI / UX Design
Use AI to sharpen research, copy, prototyping, and product judgment.
- Best for
- Research synthesis, flows, prototypes, product critique, and design rationale.
- Pace
- 5-8 hrs/week
- Capstone
- Research-backed prototype, teardown, or redesigned flow.
AI Marketing
Build repeatable AI-assisted content and distribution systems.
- Best for
- Audience research, positioning, content systems, distribution, and measurement.
- Pace
- 5-8 hrs/week
- Capstone
- Campaign kit, content package, or AI-assisted content operating system.