Foundations¶

Core concepts behind modern AI systems — the theory you should grasp before tuning prompts or wiring agents.

In this section¶

• AI / ML / LLM — what each term means and how they relate.
• Context Windows — what they are, limits, and how they shape design.
• Open-Source Models — landscape of models you can self-host.
• Fine Tuning — when and how to specialize a base model.
• Distillation — compressing big models into small ones.