The Weekly AI Engineering Briefing
Join AI engineers, technical founders, and developers building with Claude, MCP, Gemini, and open-source models. One focused essay & checklist every week.
The Weekly AI Engineering Briefing
Join AI engineers building with Claude, MCP, Gemini, and open-source models. Received by developers, researchers, and technical founders.
Free AI Engineering Starter Kit
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Claude Code Prompt Pack
Production-ready system prompts for refactoring, test generation, and autonomous coding loops.
MCP Server Config Pack
15 battle-tested Model Context Protocol server configurations for PostgreSQL, Git, and Docker.
Cursor Rules Templates
Custom .cursorrules files tuned for Astro, TypeScript, vLLM, and Next.js projects.
Gemini CLI Cheat Sheet
Command line reference for multimodal prompts, video analysis, and token budget management.
AI Engineering Checklist
25-point verification checklist for deploying local LLMs and agentic loops into production.
100 AI Developer Resources
Curated directory of open-source models, evaluation frameworks, benchmark suites, and GPU providers.
Recent Issues
Read past editions online:
Brief #12: Claude Code Hooks, vLLM DeepSeek R1 Benchmarks, and Custom MCP Servers
An in-depth breakdown of Claude Code hook automation, self-hosting DeepSeek R1 on RunPod vLLM, and building TypeScript MCP servers.
Brief #11: Gemini CLI Multimodal Pipelining and High-Throughput Vector Search
Exploring Gemini CLI video processing, high-density vector chunking strategies, and production prompt caching.
Brief #10: Cursor Rules vs. Custom Claude Code Skills
A direct comparison of workspace rule definitions in Cursor versus agent skill extensions in Claude Code.