Grokking LLMs
I've spent the last year working with LLMs and writing a good amount of technical content on how to use them effectively, mostly with the help of structured parsing using a framework like Instructor. Most of what I know now is self-taught and this is the guide that I wish I had when starting out.
It should take about 10-15 minutes at most to read and I've added some resources along the way that are relevant to you. If you're looking for a higher level, i suggest skimming over the first two sections and then focusing more on the application/data side of things!
I hope that after reading this essay, you walk away with an enthusiasm that these models are going to change so much things that we know today. We have models with reasoning abilities and knowledge capacities that dwarf many humans today in tasks such as Mathetical Reasoning, QnA and more.