thanks for the recommendations. it seems like i keep coming back to the basics of how i interact with LLMs and how they work to learn the new stuff. every time i think i understand, someone else explaining their approach usually makes me think again about how it all works.

trying my best to keep up with what and how to learn and threads like this are dense with good info. feel like I need an AI helper to schedule time for my youtube queue at this point!

Thanks, this is very very long but very good background on how production LLMs work.