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*This is how an *LLM actually works — end to end, no any mysticism!
By the end you’ll know what a “context window” really is, why “* tokens”** cost you money, and what people mean when they call the model a “black box”.*
I have been absent for some time from “ sharing my ideas” — the way I see the
Information Technology world through the eyes of an
Engineer.
The reason? I went deep to build my skillset even further in a domain that is literally growing inside me right now, and I want to share part of that journey with you in this moment!
Everyone around me will admit it:
I am an engineer who stays
relentlessly curiousabout how the world works and how everything is“glued together”— a phrase I use often in my day-to-day work and life.
Even though I occasionally feel pure “awe”* *about where we stand technologically, I still see and compare the world around me as an engine.
Patterns and systems mechanically…