Try again for future me.

July 10, 2026. 3 minutes past midnight. 1:40:00 / 2:25:51 of building micrograd

Having Sonnet 5 (effort High) quiz me from 1:40:00

I'm getting slimed out.

Long nap -- 1:34:30 AM

Current Knowledge

• Forward pass equations. Data "field" from 'a' to 'c' is understood -- just do the math for data with data.
• Why _backward was used. Access to local variables. basic.

Gaps

• Chain rule is the backward pass. Take the final.. Kahn Academy derivative video.. then the
• Math notation -- Derivatives. dL/dd, d/dx. I understand it's the rate of change of the output to the tiny changes like the weight (data).

Tomorrow at ~4:30~ 7:41 PM

New Plan 45 minute or chapter sessions. Afterwards, have Claude quiz me since trying to recall took way too long.

PyTorch

Next day -- July 11th, 2026 at 3:26 PM

didn't do anything.. next day for the new devlog