Introduction to LLM
This page provides an easy-to-understand guide on LLMs (Large Language Models) from basics to applications for AI enthusiasts.
Chapter 13 — Regulatory Landscape
Thirteenth post of the LLM Primer VII walkthrough. The EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689), US EO 14179, Colorado AI Act, NIST AI RMF + GenAI Profile, and ISO/IEC 42001 as the compliance skeleton.
2026-05-22
Chapter 11 — Observability, Logging, and Incident Response
Eleventh post of the LLM Primer VII walkthrough. Structured LLM logging with PII redaction, OpenTelemetry GenAI conventions, and the NIST SP 800-61 IR cycle adapted for probabilistic systems.
2026-05-20
Chapter 10 — Designing Secure LLM Architectures
Tenth post of the LLM Primer VII walkthrough. Isolation boundaries, policy engines (OPA, Cedar), microVM sandboxes, and the "lethal trifecta" of agent + private data + untrusted content.
2026-05-19
LLM Primer VII — Series Introduction & Index
Kicking off the chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of Book VII in the LLM Primer series — AI Security. Why in LLM systems code and data are the same string, and the schedule for the seventeen posts that follow, May 10 through May 26. This is the series finale.
2026-05-09
Chapter 6 — AI Observability and Tracing
Sixth post of the LLM Primer V walkthrough. OpenTelemetry GenAI conventions, span design for LLM apps, cost tracking, and the loop back into the evaluation harness.
2026-04-19
Chapter 5 — Evaluating LLM Applications
Fifth post of the LLM Primer V walkthrough. The offline-online eval distinction, LLM-as-judge patterns, the RAG Triad, and trajectory tests for agents.
2026-04-18
LLM Primer V — Series Introduction & Index
Kicking off the chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of Book V in the LLM Primer series — Building Real-World LLM Applications. Why AI engineering is a discipline of its own, who this book is for, and the schedule for the eight posts that follow, April 14 through April 21.
2026-04-13
Chapter 13 — Frameworks and Cloud Integration
Fourteenth post of the LLM Primer IV walkthrough. Strands with Bedrock, the AWS state-layer pattern, the Microsoft Agent Framework, LangChain, Semantic Kernel — and the three production integration shapes teams keep arriving at independently.
2026-04-11