A developer has published a tutorial on Hacker News that walks through building a large language model from scratch using Node.js and TypeScript. The guide aims to teach the underlying mechanics of LLMs rather than relying on existing Python-based frameworks.
book.humanexperiences.io
· 2026-10-14
The author recounts struggling for years to move beyond single terminal commands, unable to chain logic like conditionals, loops, or piping output between programs. Over time they gradually learned shell scripting well enough to write basic conditional scripts, such as one checking npm install exit codes and printing custom error messages.
will-keleher.com
· 2026-09-20