03THE JOURNAL

Notes from
the process.

Things I’m learning about data, AI and business.

07 NOTES
01
Learning / 2026-11-04

Before starting Stanford’s CME 295.

A quick way to decide whether this Transformers and LLM course is your next step.

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02
AI / 2026-11-04

Does this actually need an agent?

Before choosing a framework, write down which decisions are already known and which ones depend on what the model finds.

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03
Learning / 2026-11-03

DataCamp’s free week: two courses for building with AI.

An announcement for November 2–8, 2026, with Claude Code and MCP as two concrete starting points.

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04
AI / 2026-11-03

A different way to find a good video.

HackerTube, shared links and a small example of building the thing you wanted to use.

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05
SQL / 2026-11-02

A 20-hour start with SQL.

A clear place to start, from SELECT and JOIN to window functions. Twenty hours won’t make you an expert; it can get you writing queries.

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06
LLM / 2026-11-01

One video to understand LLMs better.

Karpathy’s Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT, and a manageable way to watch it.

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07
Personal / 2026-11-01

A day without a task.

Sometimes a day doesn’t need a measurable output. A short thought from outside the dashboard.

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