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Forward Pass

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Area04 · Build Language Models

TopicPretraining

Topic priority🔴 MUST

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Study this using 6 phases

🧠 01 Understand

What is Forward Pass? Why does it exist? Where does it appear in Pretraining?

👁️ 02 Visualize

Draw or describe a visual model of Forward Pass. What does it look like conceptually?

✏️ 03 Calculate

Work through a concrete manual example of Forward Pass with real numbers or pseudocode.

💻 04 Code

Implement Forward Pass from scratch in Python. Keep it minimal — just enough to see it work.

⚖️ 06 Compare

How is Forward Pass different from related concepts in Pretraining? What are the trade-offs?

🗣️ 07 Explain

Explain Forward Pass in plain language using an analogy. Could a non-expert follow it?

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RASL Pull · S-05 Pulled because: how do checkpoints work — what does save/restore mean?
🔨 M-06 train.py checkpoints 🔁 checkpoint pattern = RASL state snapshots → return to train.py 📋 full plan →

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