The Program
30 phases across 5 years. Pattern-first scaffold: Problem → Principles → Trade-offs → Tools → Mastery → Compare → Operate → Contribute. Start with the master plan →
5-YEAR PROGRAM · KERNEL TO LLM
ROOT
Building an AI Platform in Public
A 5-year arc from SRE to Staff/Principal AI Platform Engineer. Built on patterns, not tools. Documented in public — every phase, every pattern, every postmortem.
The program at a glance
5
Years
2025 → 2030
30
Phases
~6 weeks each
59
Patterns
10 categories
10
Projects
OSS, shipped
What this is
A 5-year arc from SRE to Staff/Principal AI Platform Engineer. Built on patterns, not tools. Documented in public — every phase, every pattern, every postmortem.
The work is the brand. Abukix Studio is the user-facing surface; basecamp is the platform; ROOT is the curriculum that builds them.
The Pattern Library
59 patterns across 10 categories. STUB → OUTLINE → DEEP as you live the program. Tools change; patterns don’t. Browse the library →
The Projects
10 OSS projects shipped over 5 years — basecamp, terralabs, platform-ctl, mlship, ops-handbook + more. Plus the Abukix Studio brand layer on top. See the projects →
The Rhythm
run-pray-build cadence. Day → week → month → year. The discipline that makes 60 months survivable. Read the story →
The arc
YEAR 1
Foundations of Computing
→
YEAR 5
AI Platform + Capstone
Pattern depth ladder
Every pattern starts as a STUB. When a phase first touches it, it gets promoted to OUTLINE. After 3+ months operating something that depends on it, it gets promoted to DEEP.
STUB OUTLINE DEEP
How to navigate
| Looking for | Open |
|---|---|
| The master 5-year plan | program/overview |
| A specific phase | program/year-N/phase-M |
| A pattern reference | patterns/{category}/{slug} |
| A project’s plan | projects/{name}/plan |
| Studio composition recipes | projects/studio/composition |
| Brand identity | brand/identity |
| Writing templates | meta/{type}-template |
Search (top of page) covers everything.
Status
Created 2025-10-21. Pre-Phase-1 scaffolding state. Phase 1 begins when the homelab is cleared and Year 1 docs are reviewed.