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How do you actually use tutorials when learning to build an LLM from scratch?

I’m currently learning how to build an LLM from scratch, but I’m not sure how to approach the tutorials. There’s a lot of code in each section. Am I supposed to memorize all the code, or is understanding what the code does enough? Do you guys usually try to rewrite the code from memory, or just ref…

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  1. 2026-10-03 16:28 · r/learnmachinelearning
    How do you actually use tutorials when learning to build an LLM from scratch?

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