Hello DEV! I'm Todd — an AI Engineer Who Builds Real Things

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Learn from Todd, an AI engineer who builds real-world AI systems, on how to integrate AI into engineering workflows and develop on-device AI solutions

intermediate Published 8 May 2026

Action Steps

Build a Claude/LLM integration into an existing engineering workflow using automated pipelines
Configure computer vision models to run on iOS devices with no internet connection
Apply AI to a real-world problem where it adds signal rather than noise
Co-author code with AI tools to improve development efficiency
Test and deploy on-device AI solutions using iOS and computer vision models

Who Needs to Know This

AI engineers, software developers, and data scientists can benefit from Todd's experience in building practical AI systems, and learn how to apply AI to real-world problems

Key Insight

💡 AI can be used to add signal rather than noise in real-world engineering workflows, and on-device AI solutions can be developed using computer vision models