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Module 1: framing & reading
1. what this course is
2. reading matters
Module 2: build & craft
3. why (still) build from scratch
4. specs before prompts
5. git makes a diff
6. the abstraction ladder (of programming)
Module 3: data & evaluation
7. outsourced data
8. the machinery beyond vanilla transformers
9. evals as experimental design
10. auditing the artifact and the judge
Module 4: reflection & synthesis
11. what the (human) tutor had
12. closing arguments
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Module 2: build & craft
3. why (still) build from scratch
Lec 3: why (still) build from scratch
Lab 3 ยท (build: W3-W6)
Outline to come.
Page updated August 28, 2026.
