# How I Built Production-Grade AI Systems While Still a Student

> Source: <https://dev.to/nader_alshawki_116fa06b4/how-i-built-production-grade-ai-systems-while-still-a-student-5g03>
> Published: 2026-06-16 12:37:57+00:00

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🚀 Hello, DEV Community!

I'm **Nader Al Shawki**, a final-year **AI Engineering** student at Al-Razi University, Yemen. This is my first post here, and I'm excited to start sharing my journey with this amazing community.

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🎯 Who Am I?

I'm passionate about building **production-grade AI systems** that solve real-world problems. My main areas of focus are:

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**Computer Vision & Deep Learning**
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**ML Model Deployment** (Docker, FastAPI, REST APIs)
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**LLMs, RAG, and AI Agents** (currently learning)
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**Data Visualization & Analytics** (Power BI)

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💡 What I've Built So Far

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1. 🍅 Tomato Leaf Disease Detection Platform

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**Tech:** YOLOv8, PyTorch, FastAPI, Docker
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**What it does:** Detects tomato leaf diseases from images with real-time inference. Containerized with Docker for easy deployment.

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2. 🫁 Pneumonia Detection System

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**Tech:** PyTorch, CNN Architecture, Medical Imaging
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**What it does:** A deep learning model that detects pneumonia from chest X-ray images.

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3. 📊 Sales Profit Analysis Dashboard

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**Tech:** Power BI, DAX, Data Analysis
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**What it does:** Interactive dashboard for tracking sales KPIs.

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4. 😀 Face Detection & Emotion Recognition

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**Tech:** OpenCV, Deep Learning
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**What it does:** Real-time face detection, age estimation, emotion recognition, and gender classification.

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5. 🍽️ Restaurant Website

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**Tech:** HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
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**What it does:** Fully responsive restaurant website with interactive UI.

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🌱 What I'm Currently Learning

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**LLMs** (Large Language Models)
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**RAG** (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
**LangChain & AI Agents**
- Workflow automation with
**n8n**

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🔗 Let's Connect

Thanks for reading! I'll be posting regularly about AI projects, tutorials, and lessons learned. Stay tuned! 🚀