Building AI Apps: Developer's Guide

Building AI Apps: Developer's Guide is the hands-on reference for software developers who want to integrate AI into real products. This book bridges the gap between "I can call the API" and "I can ship production-ready AI features." What you'll build: - A complete RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system - An AI customer service chatbot with escalation logic - A document analysis pipeline - An AI coding assistant - A multi-modal app with vision capabilities Technical coverage: - OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini APIs - LangChain and LlamaIndex for application logic - Vector databases: Pinecone, Weaviate, and pgvector - Streaming responses for real-time UX - Cost monitoring and optimization - Error handling and fallback strategies