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LLM from scratch, part 28 – training a base model from scratch on an RTX 3090

I felt like it should be possible to train a GPT-2 small level model on my own hardware using modern tools and open datasets from scratch. It was!
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Dec 2, 2025LLM from scratch, part 28 – training a base model from scratch on an RTX 3090 by gpjt540121

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