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Issue #13: Evaluation, Observability, and Feedback Loops in Production AI Systems
January 31, 2026
Build an evaluation harness with telemetry and feedback loops to gate local AI releases with measurable reliability. Track quality over time, catch regressions early, and ship with clear deployment thresholds.

Issue #12: Guardrails, Constraints, and Failure Modes in Production AI Systems
January 24, 2026
Build a minimal but production-aligned guardrailed AI assistant in C# that runs fully locally using Ollama, focusing on clear boundaries, strict contracts, deterministic execution, and safe failure modes.

Issue #11: Building a Local Semantic Runbook Search Engine with Ollama and Microsoft.Extensions.AI
January 17, 2026
Build a local semantic search engine for engineering runbooks using Ollama and Microsoft.Extensions.AI for deterministic retrieval.

Issue #10: Building a Reactive Local AI Agent with Semantic Kernel and Ollama
January 10, 2026
Build a reactive local AI agent using Semantic Kernel and Ollama for deterministic tool execution and natural language reasoning.

Issue #9: Building a Modern MCP Server and Client with Ollama for Deterministic AI Workflows
January 3, 2026
Build a production-ready MCP setup in C# and .NET 9, integrating a simple time tool with Ollama for deterministic AI workflows.

Issue #8: Classical Machine Learning vs Modern AI Systems
December 27, 2025
The shift from classical ML to modern AI is primarily architectural. Discover why engineering is moving from static algorithms to orchestrated systems.

Issue #7: Context Engineering Fundamentals
December 20, 2025
Designing, structuring, and managing context to deliver personalized, consistent, memory-aware AI across sessions and complex workflows.

Issue #6: Prompt Engineering Fundamentals
December 13, 2025
Mastering prompt engineering as a strategic discipline for guiding LLMs toward precise, reliable outputs in enterprise workflows.

Issue #5: AI Engineering Roadmap 2026
December 6, 2025
A complete 2026 roadmap for mastering AI Engineering covering fundamentals, LLMs, RAG, agents, evaluation, and production deployment.

Issue #4: Category-Aware Local RAG System using ASP.NET Core MVC, Ollama, and pgvector
November 29, 2025
Build a local, category-aware RAG system with ASP.NET Core MVC, Ollama LLMs, and PostgreSQL + pgvector for secure, context-bound enterprise Q&A.
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