This is the first time I heard this term, and when I Google search "LLM developer" in an incognito tab, different device, this article is one of the first results.
Seems like we should first establish what exactly is an LLM developer.
> When I was at Google, there was a document put together by Jeff Dean, the legendary engineer, called Numbers every Engineer should know.
The personal plug and appeal to authority of "When I was a Google" is unnecessary. "Numbers every Engineer should know" is public and literally linked there. It's a weird way to start a engineering blog post and makes it feel like marketing of one's resume. Then again, I guess that's what most of these engineering blog posts are nowadays.
Indeed Jeff Dean is a legend and needing to add the "legendary engineer" qualifier detracts from this point. Let these things speak for themselves.
I think you're being somewhat uncharitable here. There's nothing wrong with adding a personal detail here or there, and nothing wrong with giving credit to those who deserve it. I don't see any reason to bikeshed the short, inessential details included in the blogger's prose.
Most of this applies to people developing applications that depends on LLMs. Some of it also applies to people using LLMs for other purposes. Very little of it is applicable to someone developing LLMs.
This is the first time I heard this term, and when I Google search "LLM developer" in an incognito tab, different device, this article is one of the first results.
Seems like we should first establish what exactly is an LLM developer.
> When I was at Google, there was a document put together by Jeff Dean, the legendary engineer, called Numbers every Engineer should know.
The personal plug and appeal to authority of "When I was a Google" is unnecessary. "Numbers every Engineer should know" is public and literally linked there. It's a weird way to start a engineering blog post and makes it feel like marketing of one's resume. Then again, I guess that's what most of these engineering blog posts are nowadays.
Indeed Jeff Dean is a legend and needing to add the "legendary engineer" qualifier detracts from this point. Let these things speak for themselves.