How a Pile of Random Numbers Learns to Talk

How a Pile of Random Numbers Learns to Talk

This was initially published on Path to Staff, but I bring it here as I write more about learning AI. Welcome back to Path to Staff! This is the final part of the Unpacking AI series, where we cover Training, Post-Training and Inference, and watch it all come together. I also crosspost this to my personal Substack where you can subscribe if you are interested in more technical posts like these. After this piece, we will return to regular programming on career growth on Path to Staff. ...

July 11, 2026 · 16 min
Unpacking AI Part Two: Data and Model Architecture

Everything a Senior Engineer Needs to Know About What's Inside an LLM

This was initially published on Path to Staff, but I’m bringing it here as I start to write more about learning AI. Welcome back to Path to Staff! This series is a little different from our usual programming. In this series, we’re covering LLMs and AI in-depth. As an engineer, I never really had the time to understand AI’s internals. But I’ve spent the past few weeks doing deep research to unpack it all. ...

June 20, 2026 · 27 min
Unpacking AI: The Hardware Behind AI

Unpacking AI: The Hardware Behind AI

This was initially published on Path to Staff, but I’m bringing it here as I start to write more about learning AI. Welcome back to Path to Staff. I recently left Meta for personal reasons (not laid off!), and have found much more time to write. This means learning as much as I can and distilling what I learn into these articles. Now back to the topic: As an engineer who never really interfaced much with AI, I realized I didn’t know much about it at all. Since I’ve more time now, I’ve spent the past few weeks diving really deep to understand AI from the bottom up. And I want to share those learnings with you today. ...

June 6, 2026 · 30 min