I picked up [AI Engineering](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/ai-engineering/9781098166298/) by Chip Huyen because I wanted a better mental model for how AI applications work under the hood. Not the hype, not the doom, just the engineering. Some chapters were dry and the math-heavy sections required supplemental reading, but the practical takeaways made it worth pushing through. Read the full review: https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/ai-engineering-by-chip-huyen/