Guides, primers & reading paths
From first principles to the frontier. Free to read, built to be a starting point you can build on.
Contributor guideContributor guide: how to publish research here
The full path from an idea to a published, reviewed piece — how to prepare, draft, submit, and revise research in the open.
10 min read
TemplateA research-note template you can copy
A ready-to-fill Markdown skeleton for a clean research note — structure first, so you can focus on the substance.
5 min read
GuideHow to give good critique
Review that makes research better instead of just louder — a short guide to critiquing work in the open, generously and rigorously.
6 min read
PrimerHow to read a paper
A three-pass method for reading research efficiently — how to decide what's worth your time and extract what matters without drowning.
6 min readPrimerTransformers from first principles
What attention actually computes, built up from nothing — no prior deep-learning background assumed.
12 min readGuideHow to run a reproducible experiment
A practical checklist for experiments others can actually re-run — the difference between a result and a rumor.
9 min readReading pathA reading path into alignment
A curated route from 'why is this hard?' to the open problems on the frontier — in a sensible order.
7 min read