Language Model Builder

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1. Man, this is excellent! thank you so much for sharing this for free

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “I were 17, I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch”

2. in chapter 1, the "under the hood" link crashes the app

   Mixed · Jul 2026 · in “Show HN: Language Model Builder (an app to learn about and build models)”

3. This is the coolest link I saw on HN the last 2 months.

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “I were 17, I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch”

4. Beautiful work! What prompted you to build this?

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “I were 17, I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch”

5. This is great, thank you!

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “I were 17, I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch”

6. the datavis here and type hinting (even if it's just default swiftmath) is really nice.

   Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “Show HN: Language Model Builder (an app to learn about and build models)”

7. teaches you (in a few hours to days) how to build an LLM from scratch

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “I were 17, I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch”