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How LLMs are actually built — and why most "how it works" threads stop too early

Most "how LLMs work" explainers end at transformers and attention. The parts that decide whether a model is actually good — the data pipeline, the post-training recipe, the evaluation setup, the systems work — usually get one sentence. Having watched a lot of talks on this, I wanted a version I cou…

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  1. 2026-10-17 04:25 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    How LLMs are actually built — and why most "how it works" threads stop too early

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