I would like to thank the people who supported this work through review, feedback, and encouragement. - My friend **Alex** for reviewing the material and giving thoughtful feedback throughout the process. These references helped shape the technical framing and teaching style of the course. - **Sebastian Raschka**, *Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)*. This book was one of the main inspirations behind the course and strongly influenced how I thought about explaining LLMs from first principles. These projects helped shape the practical side of the lectures and the way I connect ideas to real implementations. - **Andrej Karpathy**, [nanochat](https://github.com/karpathy/nanochat). This repo was an important influence on the systems and product side of the course, especially in thinking about how LLM workflows connect to usable applications.