# Path to Staff

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## Everything a Senior Engineer Needs to Know About What's Inside an LLM

DevFeed: [Everything a Senior Engineer Needs to Know About What's Inside an LLM](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/everything-a-senior-engineer-needs-to-know-about-what-s-inside-an-llm-37412.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.pathtostaff.com/p/everything-a-senior-engineer-needs>)

Author: Sidwyn Koh

Published: 2026-06-20T17:00:09Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Path to Staff](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/path-to-staff.md>)

Topics: [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [model architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-architecture.md>), [Neural Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/neural-network.md>), [Transformers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/transformers.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [neural-network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/neural-network.md>)

### AI overview

This tutorial explains the architecture and internal components of large language models, including the role of neural networks, recurrent neural networks, transformers, and diffusion models. It is part of a series covering AI systems in depth.

### Source excerpt

Learn what AI models are made of

## Unpacking AI: The Hardware Behind AI

DevFeed: [Unpacking AI: The Hardware Behind AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/unpacking-ai-the-hardware-behind-ai-37422.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.pathtostaff.com/p/unpacking-ai-the-hardware-behind>)

Author: Sidwyn Koh

Published: 2026-06-06T13:06:30Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Path to Staff](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/path-to-staff.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>)

### AI overview

This entry introduces a series about learning artificial intelligence from the ground up, focusing on the hardware behind AI.

### Source excerpt

A new series on learning AI, from the ground up

## Business Sense for Engineers: The Missing Half of Product Sense

DevFeed: [Business Sense for Engineers: The Missing Half of Product Sense](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/business-sense-for-engineers-the-missing-half-of-product-sense-37410.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.pathtostaff.com/p/business-sense-for-engineers-the>)

Author: Sidwyn Koh

Published: 2026-04-25T13:16:11Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Path to Staff](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/path-to-staff.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [product-sense](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-sense.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>)

### AI overview

The article argues that engineers need business sense in addition to product sense to reach Staff-level impact. It explains that understanding business models, priorities, competition, and relevant metrics helps engineers identify important problems and take greater ownership of product development, especially as AI enables faster building and shipping.

### Source excerpt

Engineers who understand business sense create the most leverage

## How Engineers Can Prepare for AI-Assisted Software Development

DevFeed: [How Engineers Can Prepare for AI-Assisted Software Development](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-stay-valuable-when-ai-writes-all-the-code-37415.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.pathtostaff.com/p/how-to-stay-valuable-when-ai-writes>)

Author: Sidwyn Koh

Published: 2026-02-07T14:06:17Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Path to Staff](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/path-to-staff.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/anthropic.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/anthropic.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [powerful](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/powerful.md>)

### AI overview

The article examines Anthropic's CEO's "Powerful AI" essay and discusses how engineers can prepare for a future in which AI writes more software code.

### Source excerpt

A breakdown of Anthropic CEO's "Powerful AI" essay -- and how engineers can prepare in a post-AI world

## New Staff Archetypes in the Age of AI

DevFeed: [New Staff Archetypes in the Age of AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/death-of-the-coding-machine-the-archetypes-replacing-it-you-need-to-know-37411.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.pathtostaff.com/p/death-of-the-coding-machine-the-archetypes>)

Author: Sidwyn Koh

Published: 2026-01-24T14:16:20Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Path to Staff](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/path-to-staff.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>)

### AI overview

An opinion article about new staff archetypes in the age of AI.

### Source excerpt

New Staff Archetypes in the Age of AI

## Write-Then-Meet Framework for Technical Reviews

DevFeed: [Write-Then-Meet Framework for Technical Reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/turn-chaotic-reviews-into-clear-decisions-37421.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.pathtostaff.com/p/turn-chaotic-reviews-into-clear-decisions>)

Author: Sidwyn Koh

Published: 2026-01-10T14:16:44Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Path to Staff](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/path-to-staff.md>)

Topics: [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/meetings.md>), [structure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/structure.md>)

Tags: [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meetings.md>), [structure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/structure.md>), [technical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical.md>)

### AI overview

A practical framework for technical reviews: write a focused document, collect reviewer alignment before the meeting, send the document as a pre-read, and then meet to reach a decision.

### Source excerpt

The write-then-meet framework for running great technical reviews