Welcome to The Neural Maze

Becoming a real Machine Learning Engineer in a World Full of Hype

Are you tired of the hype?

Tired of “EXCITING NEWS”?

Tired of “HUGE THINGS” coming soon?

Tired of new apps that “CHANGE EVERYTHING” - and then change nothing?

Tired of the nonstop stream of new LLMs, new RAG techniques, new frameworks, new papers, new everything?

Don’t worry, you are not alone.

In fact, you are in the right place, since this newsletter is for those searching for true value in this noisy world. For those seeking to become real Machine Learning Engineers in a field full of hype.

Welcome to The Neural Maze my friend 👋

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What’s on the Menu?

As the chef of The Neural Maze, here are the three main dishes I’m cooking up for you:

🍲 End-to-End Projects

From connecting an Arduino with an LLM, automating your LinkedIn posts using AI Agents, creating a production-ready Recommender System or building a Twin Celebry App using Vector Databases.

All the code will be available in The Neural Maze repositories, with detailed descriptions and clean, well-organized implementations.

🥘 Practical advice

After 6+ years as an ML Engineer, I’ve faced all kinds of challenges at different companies. My plan is to share what I’ve learned so you can apply these insights to your own projects. Compressing years of experience in a few tokens. That’s the real deal!

🍲 Video Courses

The Neural Maze is more than just a newsletter - it’s also a YouTube channel. Many of the projects will be accompanied by video content, to further improve your learning experience.

Still hungry? Don’t worry, I’ve also got some tasty desserts for you:

🍨 Technical books reviews

🍪 Resource summaries and recommendations

🍩 Interviews with other content creators

🍰 And much more …

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Why I started The Neural Maze?

When I first entered this field, I thought the math I'd learned throughout my career (I studied Physics) would be enough to land high-paying jobs in top companies.

But you know what? I was WRONG

It took me some time to realise that, from a business perspective, I wasn’t as valuable as I thought. I understood the maths behind the models, sure. But I didn’t have a clue of how to deploy any of these models to production.

So, even if you stop reading after this, let me give you this piece of advice:

Nothing matters if the model never makes it to production. Period.

Once that clicked, everything changed. Instead of passively consuming endless tutorials, I focused on actively building real projects. In a matter of months, my skills grew exponentially, so did the value I brought to the companies I worked with.

And that’s when I decided to create The Neural Maze

I know many of you are starting out, feeling lost in this sea of concepts, libraries, frameworks, tutorials and courses. Trust me, I’ve been there. But you know what?

There’s a way out of the maze, and I’m here to guide you through it.

Are you ready for the journey?

Miguel

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