System Design for AI
Taught like a story — free, from zero to production.
A beginner-to-expert curriculum covering how AI systems are actually designed and built. ML, GenAI, and Agentic AI system design, with real citations, real pricing, and real production patterns.
What this project is
Story-driven, Bloom's-taxonomy-ordered modules covering foundational system design → ML → GenAI → Agentic AI → cross-cutting concerns. Every chapter opens with a story, not a definition.
system-design-for-ai — MIT-licensed, contribution-friendly. Clean markdown with YAML frontmatter, readable raw on GitHub or rendered on this site.
Explorable diagrams, a system visualizer, a searchable question bank. Free. No paywall, ever — that's the point of difference from paid courses.
Six tracks, one curriculum
• Not a terse interview cram sheet. If you want that, ai-system-design-guide already does it well, for free.
• Not a link list. We teach, we don't just curate.
• Not a paid course. Free, open, forever. That's the whole point.
• Not complete yet. This is a living project. All 38 chapters are written; quality improves with iteration.