Roadmap

This book is written in public, chapter by chapter. This page is the honest map: what exists, what state it is in, and what is coming. It changes as the book grows.

Status legend

Badge	Meaning
`outline`	Structure and sources decided; prose not yet written
`drafted`	Full draft exists; awaiting my revision — read with that in mind
`taught`	Material has been taught in a workshop or lecture at least once
`revised`	Revised after teaching and feedback; stable
`planned`	On the roadmap; tell me in the comments if you want it sooner

Current state

Part	Chapter	Status	Taught at
Python Refresher	Python for Text Analysis	`drafted`	AIDE 2025
Foundations	Neural Networks by Hand	`drafted`	AIDE 2025, BLISS
Foundations	Embeddings: Concepts as Vectors	`drafted`	AIDE 2025, SICSS-Istanbul 2026
Foundations	Transformers & Attention by Hand	`drafted`	AIDE 2025, BLISS
LLMs in Action	Open Models with Hugging Face	`drafted`	AIDE 2025
LLMs in Action	Working with APIs	`drafted`	AIDE 2025
LLMs in Action	Batch Processing at Research Scale	`drafted`	AIDE 2025
Steering LLMs	Prompting, Informed by the Literature	`drafted`	—
Steering LLMs	Retrieval-Augmented Generation	`drafted`	AIDE 2025
Steering LLMs	GraphRAG: Adding Structure	`drafted`	AIDE 2025
Steering LLMs	Building Research Tools	`drafted`	BLISS
Reading LLMs	Why Interpretability? An Anthropology of Machines	`drafted`	SICSS-Istanbul 2026
Reading LLMs	The Logit Lens	`drafted`	SICSS-Istanbul 2026
Reading LLMs	Sparse Autoencoders & Features	`drafted`	SICSS-Istanbul 2026
Reading LLMs	Activation Patching	`planned`	—
Reading LLMs	Circuits	`planned`	—
Changing LLMs	Fine-Tuning for Research	`planned`	—

(Chapters marked drafted are being revised for publication here — they appear in this public version as they are ready.)

How chapters get here

Each chapter follows the same path: I teach the material somewhere → the teaching materials become a draft → the draft is revised in my own words → it is published here with comments open → your feedback shapes the revision. If a planned chapter matters to your research, say so in the comments below — it genuinely affects what I write next.

--- title: "Roadmap" number-sections: false --- # Roadmap {.unnumbered} This book is written in public, chapter by chapter. This page is the honest map: what exists, what state it is in, and what is coming. It changes as the book grows. **Status legend** | Badge | Meaning | |---|---| | `outline` | Structure and sources decided; prose not yet written | | `drafted` | Full draft exists; awaiting my revision — read with that in mind | | `taught` | Material has been taught in a workshop or lecture at least once | | `revised` | Revised after teaching and feedback; stable | | `planned` | On the roadmap; tell me in the comments if you want it sooner | ## Current state | Part | Chapter | Status | Taught at | |---|---|---|---| | Python Refresher | Python for Text Analysis | `drafted` | AIDE 2025 | | Foundations | Neural Networks by Hand | `drafted` | AIDE 2025, BLISS | | Foundations | Embeddings: Concepts as Vectors | `drafted` | AIDE 2025, SICSS-Istanbul 2026 | | Foundations | Transformers & Attention by Hand | `drafted` | AIDE 2025, BLISS | | LLMs in Action | Open Models with Hugging Face | `drafted` | AIDE 2025 | | LLMs in Action | Working with APIs | `drafted` | AIDE 2025 | | LLMs in Action | Batch Processing at Research Scale | `drafted` | AIDE 2025 | | Steering LLMs | Prompting, Informed by the Literature | `drafted` | — | | Steering LLMs | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | `drafted` | AIDE 2025 | | Steering LLMs | GraphRAG: Adding Structure | `drafted` | AIDE 2025 | | Steering LLMs | Building Research Tools | `drafted` | BLISS | | Reading LLMs | Why Interpretability? An Anthropology of Machines | `drafted` | SICSS-Istanbul 2026 | | Reading LLMs | The Logit Lens | `drafted` | SICSS-Istanbul 2026 | | Reading LLMs | Sparse Autoencoders & Features | `drafted` | SICSS-Istanbul 2026 | | Reading LLMs | Activation Patching | `planned` | — | | Reading LLMs | Circuits | `planned` | — | | Changing LLMs | Fine-Tuning for Research | `planned` | — | *(Chapters marked `drafted` are being revised for publication here — they appear in this public version as they are ready.)* ## How chapters get here Each chapter follows the same path: I teach the material somewhere → the teaching materials become a draft → the draft is revised in my own words → it is published here with comments open → your feedback shapes the revision. If a `planned` chapter matters to your research, say so in the comments below — it genuinely affects what I write next.