Stanford lecture on building LLMs from scratch
stanfordnlp · x · 2026-07-20
A Stanford Online lecture by Tatsunori Hashimoto on building LLMs from scratch is being recommended.
- The post points to a full lecture rather than a short clip.
- Its value is educational: a structured walkthrough of how to build large language models from first principles.
- Useful for readers who want a more foundational understanding of LLM construction, training, and system design.
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