Research

Ongoing research, resource collections, and half-formed thinking. These pages are living documents that get updated as I learn more.

• LLM from scratch: the paper trail

  Timeline and provenance of the key papers, algorithms, and CS concepts behind building a language model from scratch. Source material for the LLM blog series.

• Developer docs for AI coding agents

  Mapping how developer documentation is being reshaped for AI agents. The five layers of agent documentation, why examples beat rules, and where the gaps still are.

• Learning through building pedagogy

  Exploring how building things from scratch changes understanding. Notes on constructionist learning, deliberate practice, and the role of AI assistance.