Progress Tracker

Use this once per week. Add a date, check boxes honestly, and write short notes.

Week 1: Neural Network Basics

• [ ] I ran the main script
• [ ] I changed at least one weight or input
• [ ] I explained activation in my own words
• [ ] I completed the reflection
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes:

Week 2: Training And Gradients

• [ ] I ran gradient descent
• [ ] I saved or viewed the loss plot
• [ ] I changed the learning rate
• [ ] I completed the reflection
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes:

Week 3: Micrograd

• [ ] I read the core Value class
• [ ] I traced one backward pass
• [ ] I completed the guided exercise
• [ ] I wrote what still confuses me
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes:

Week 4: Text Prediction

• [ ] I generated sample text
• [ ] I changed sampling settings or data
• [ ] I compared two outputs
• [ ] I completed the reflection
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes:

Week 5: Attention

• [ ] I ran the notebook
• [ ] I explained queries, keys, and values
• [ ] I changed the numeric example
• [ ] I took notes on what attention is doing
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes:

Week 6: NanoGPT Data Prep

• [ ] I ran prepare_data.py
• [ ] I inspected train and validation outputs
• [ ] I explained tokenization choices
• [ ] I recorded what I noticed
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes:

Week 7: NanoGPT CPU Experiments

• [ ] I filled out the experiment log
• [ ] I compared at least two runs fairly
• [ ] I stayed inside CPU-safe limits
• [ ] I wrote one trusted conclusion
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes:

Week 8: PyTorch

• [ ] I trained the PyTorch model
• [ ] I understand where autograd helped
• [ ] I changed at least one hyperparameter
• [ ] I completed the reflection
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes:

Week 9: LLM API Chatbot

• [ ] I created a local .env
• [ ] I ran the chatbot successfully
• [ ] I changed the system prompt or style
• [ ] I completed the reflection
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes:

Week 10: Local RAG

• [ ] I ran the retriever locally
• [ ] I inspected retrieved passages
• [ ] I asked at least three questions
• [ ] I completed the reflection
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes:

Week 11: Final Project Proposal

• [ ] I chose a project idea
• [ ] I defined a small scope
• [ ] I customized the template
• [ ] I created a first working version
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes:

Week 12: Final Project Ship

• [ ] I improved the project
• [ ] I prepared a short demo
• [ ] I wrote a retrospective
• [ ] I explained what I learned
• [ ] I recorded one course or product improvement idea
• Notes: