The series · 9 guides, 160 posts

Learning from First Principles

Every tool in the AI stack, rebuilt from its primitives. Nine series, one method: understand it before you use it.

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Foundations

Python from First Principles

Syntax, the data model and the interpreter - why Python behaves the way it does.

20 posts · 1h 00m read

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AI Systems Infrastructure

Cloud Computing for AI Systems from First Principles

Compute, storage and networking - the cloud an ML system actually needs.

19 posts · 1h 27m read

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AI Models

Transformers from First Principles

Attention from scratch - tokenizers to training loops, in code you wrote yourself.

18 posts · 1h 19m read

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  1. Python from First PrinciplesFoundations · 20 posts
  2. Math for AI from First PrinciplesFoundations · 10 posts
  3. Git from First PrinciplesFoundations · 16 posts
  4. Docker from First PrinciplesAI Systems Infrastructure · 18 posts
  5. Cloud Computing for AI Systems from First PrinciplesAI Systems Infrastructure · 19 posts
  6. Data Engineering for AI Systems from First PrinciplesAI Systems Infrastructure · 21 posts
  7. Cybersecurity for AI Systems from First PrinciplesAI Systems Infrastructure · 19 posts
  8. Transformers from First PrinciplesAI Models · 18 posts
  9. German from First PrinciplesLanguages · Living document