AI Study Notes Concept guides, resources, and LLM API how-tos

Understanding Embedding

From one-hot encoding to distributed representations — Word2Vec, GloVe, BERT, and CLIP.

Understanding CNNs and ResNet

Convolution, pooling, residual shortcuts, degradation, and how vision models relate to Transformers.

Understanding Transformer

Scaled dot-product attention, multi-head attention, encoder–decoder structure, and complexity trade-offs.

Understanding LSTM Networks

From RNN long-term dependency limits to gating mechanisms and cell state, step by step.

Free LLM APIs & HackChance

OpenRouter and NVIDIA NIM free tiers, and how HackChance picks models across both platforms.

OpenRouter API Key Guide

Sign up, create an API key, and use OpenRouter as a unified gateway to many model providers.

NVIDIA NIM API Key Guide

Log in to NVIDIA Build, open API Keys, and generate credentials for NIM inference endpoints.

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Physics Study Notes Based on The Feynman Lectures on Physics

Chapter 1: Atoms in Motion

The atomic hypothesis — how atoms compose matter and motion at the microscopic scale.

Chapter 2: Basic Physics

Classical physics, the quantum revolution, and frontiers in particle physics.

Chapter 4: Conservation of Energy

Energy transforms but total energy is conserved — kinetic, potential, heat, elasticity, and E=mc².

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Programming Tutorials For experienced developers

TypeScript Quick Tutorial

Types, async programming, IO/network/database, and tooling — 8 chapters.

PHP Quick Tutorial

Web backends, PDO, networking, files, and Composer — 7 chapters.

Next.js Quick Tutorial

App Router, SSR/SSG, API Routes, and full-stack patterns — 8 chapters.

Python Quick Tutorial

venv, syntax & OOP, SQLite, networking, files, and pytest/ruff tooling — 7 chapters.

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Dev Log Build notes and lessons learned

HackChance macOS DMG Build Notes

Packaging an Electron app as a macOS DMG — signing, notarization, and common pitfalls.

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