LLM Research Papers: The 2025 List (July to December)
In June, I shared a bonus article with my curated and bookmarked research paper lists to the paid subscribers who make this Substack possible.
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From DeepSeek V3 to V3.2: Architecture, Sparse Attention, and RL Updates
Understanding How DeepSeek's Flagship Open-Weight Models Evolved
Beyond Standard LLMs
Linear Attention Hybrids, Text Diffusion, Code World Models, and Small Recursive Transformers
Understanding the 4 Main Approaches to LLM Evaluation (From Scratch)
Multiple-Choice Benchmarks, Verifiers, Leaderboards, and LLM Judges with Code Examples
Understanding and Implementing Qwen3 From Scratch
A Detailed Look at One of the Leading Open-Source LLMs
From GPT-2 to gpt-oss: Analyzing the Architectural Advances
And How They Stack Up Against Qwen3
The Big LLM Architecture Comparison
From DeepSeek-V3 to Kimi K2: A Look At Modern LLM Architecture Design
LLM Research Papers: The 2025 List (January to June)
A topic-organized collection of 200+ LLM research papers from 2025
Understanding and Coding the KV Cache in LLMs from Scratch
KV caches are one of the most critical techniques for efficient inference in LLMs in production.
Coding LLMs from the Ground Up: A Complete Course
Why build LLMs from scratch? It's probably the best and most efficient way to learn how LLMs really work. Plus, many readers have told me they…