Open-source AI engineering curriculum trends on GitHub
The open-source project "AI Engineering from Scratch" has appeared on GitHub's Python trending list. It describes 20 phases, 523 lessons and roughly 342 hours of material in Python, TypeScript, Rust and Julia, released free under an MIT license, with each lesson having learners implement algorithms such as backpropagation, tokenizers, attention and the agent loop from raw math before running the same thing through production libraries like PyTorch. It also offers focused Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent Skills routes plus preparation for Claude certification tracks, and can be installed as learning skills for coding agents including Codex and Claude Code.