Invaluable Books for Building LLMs and Apps from Scratch

Feb 26 (edited) • 💬 General

"What I cannot create, I do not understand" - Richard Feynman

Interested in deeply understanding how LLMs and GenAI apps work under the hood? This insightful video and these books make a compelling argument that true mastery comes from not just using AI tools, but understanding their foundations—enabling you to build robust and reliable AI applications that solve real-world problems.

https://youtu.be/379s4W_EaTk?si=MLceAwTBDEQhAKJj

1) Book Title: Build a Large Language Model from Scratch

Author: Sebastian Raschka

2) Book Title: AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models

Author: Chip Huyen

3) Book Title: LLM Engineer’s Handbook

Authors: Paul Iusztin, Maxime Labonne

Although AI content (e.g. tool usage) in books may quickly become outdated, the core principles remain essential for understanding how AI works.

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