Chronicles of training strong LLMs from scratch in the wild
The Ultimate Guide to Fine-Tuning LLMs from Basics to Breakthroughs: An Exhaustive Review of Technologies, Research, Best Practices, Applied Research Challenges and Opportunities (Version 1.0)
Brandon Stewart on Twitter / X
1/ New @Nature! We study how powerful institutions shape the information environment for LLMs. Commercial LLM training is opaque, so we trace a path from state-coordinated media -> training data -> model responses. pic.twitter.com/5LdFvzbFaf— Brandon Stewart (@b_m_stewart) May 13, 2026
MiniMax-Intelligence with everyone
MiniMax is a leading global technology company and one of the pioneers of large language models (LLMs) in Asia. Our mission is to build a world where intelligence thrives with everyone.
Dan Shipper 📧 on Twitter / X
this is true and is a big reason why you don’t need to be a highly technical researcher to use LLMs in surprising and novel ways https://t.co/TuxNzXzToU— Dan Shipper 📧 (@danshipper) July 27, 2025
himanshu on Twitter / X
and here is the full architecture of the LLM Knowledge Base system covering every stage from ingest to future explorations. https://t.co/Wmn48gB0g0 pic.twitter.com/ObJet8Esfu— himanshu (@himanshustwts) April 2, 2026
LLM-generated skills work, if you generate them afterwards
LLM “skills” are a short explanatory prompt for a particular task, typically bundled with helper scripts. A recent paper showed that while skills are useful to LLMs, LLM-authored skills are not. From the abstract:
distil labs — Replace LLMs with Custom Small Language Models
Train and deploy custom small language models that are faster, cheaper, and just as accurate as LLMs.
How LLMs Actually Work
A from-the-ground-up walkthrough of how modern LLMs work, from tokens to transformer blocks to the next-token loop
There's Something Fundamentally Wrong With LLMs
LLMs aren't trained on the "vast majority of speech," experts warn, a major blind spot that could have sweeping consequences.
Your Laptop Isn’t Ready for LLMs. That’s About to Change
The quest to run large AI models locally on an individual's machine are driving the biggest change in laptop architecture in decades.
The most important thing when working with LLMs
Blog post: The most important thing when working with LLMs by Steve Klabnik
DeepMay | Autonomous Poly-Technic
Since 2019, DeepMay has organized skill-intensive technology camps for a world opposed to Silicon Valley's concept of the future.
Self-Hosted Second Brains DWeb Camp 2026
Local-first knowledge bases with self-hosted integrated agents allow for people to leverage LLMs without having to trust the companies hosting cloud models.
