{"product_id":"the-developers-guide-to-ai-a-field-guide-for-the-working-developer-9781718504769","title":"The Developer's Guide to AI: A Field Guide for the Working Developer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBuild intelligent applications--no data science degree required.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYour boss is pitching new AI features. Your team is buzzing about MCP servers. Job postings are asking for AI experience with RAG, vector databases, fine-tuning, and agents. You can feel the excitement. You see the potential. You may be wondering how to get started in AI without a data science degree. You're in the right place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Developer's Guide to AI\u003c\/i\u003e gives working developers a practical path through the terminology, tools, and implementation patterns that matter. It shows you how to build with AI using the tools you already know: JavaScript, Python, APIs, SDKs, and databases. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the end of this book, you'll know how to: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCall LLM APIs and stream intelligent responses directly to your UI.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngineer prompts that produce reliable, production-ready results.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild RAG pipelines using vector databases to give AI access to your private data.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFine-tune models with LoRA for specialized tasks like classification.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeploy AI agents using tool-calling and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to reason and act inside real workflows.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLLMs, RAG, LoRA, MCP, embeddings, and agents are not just intimidating buzzwords. 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