The Map

The series as a dependency graph

The whole premise of the series is that the LLM stack is a dependency graph, and that nothing should get used before the intuition for it has been earned. This page is that claim, drawn. Every edge comes from the posts themselves — a line means one post actually links back to another as prior material. Find a concept you need, then walk its chain backwards until you hit ground you already know. That's your reading list.