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How to Actually Get Started with LLMs

A clear (and human) guide to get started with LLMs without drowning

Aug 02, 2026
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LLMs are moving faster than your backlog.

Feeling behind? You’re not.
Today’s issue compresses the essentials (what matters, what doesn’t) into a buildable path.

Minimal theory, maximum leverage.

Following my Transformers cheat sheets (architecture, encoder, decoder), today we go end-to-end:

  1. What to learn

  2. What to build first

  3. How to avoid the rabbit holes.

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