alt Hacker News> That's what I would call exploring.
Then it is not "building llm from scratch" in my book. Just mindlees following instructions. Could be educational yes, but only trivially useful, if you have no bloody idea what you are doing.
> Fooling around and getting results is what made it fun. Understanding came later.
It is not how LLMs are "built from scratch".
No it's not useful, no you don't know what you're doing, and no it is not 'proper'.
But you're learning.
Maybe just accept that not everyone starts from fundamental theory, and there are lots of people who start learning by fooling around.