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How ChatGPT Actually Works: Next-Word Prediction, Visualized
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- How Things Work
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It doesn't look up answers. It predicts the next token. Change the temperature and watch.
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Every article is a small lab — press play, drag sliders, break things — and walk away actually understanding how things work.
Cover story

It doesn't look up answers. It predicts the next token. Change the temperature and watch.
Section 01 · 5 stories

It doesn't look up answers. It predicts the next token. Change the temperature and watch.
By Hamza Guetioui 10 min 2
Good sites never know your password. Type one and watch the hash — and the hacker's lookup table.
By Hamza Guetioui 8 min 2
Your phone never sends anything to GPS satellites. Drag it around and see how it still knows where you are.

By Hamza Guetioui 7 min 2

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minutes of reading · How Things Work
Google ranks pages that best satisfy what the searcher wants — relevance first, then quality, trust and experience.
Section 02 · 4 stories
Rewrite a weak Google result into one people actually click — live, with a snippet score.
By Hamza Guetioui 12 min 2
Likes aren't king anymore. Tune the ranking weights and watch a feed reshuffle.
By Hamza Guetioui 9 min 2
One tiny number decides if your post explodes or dies. Post it into a simulated crowd.
By Hamza Guetioui 7 min 2
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minutes of reading · Marketing & Social Media
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Section 03 · 4 stories
Most freelancers charge half of what they need. Slide your numbers and see the real minimum rate.
By Hamza Guetioui 9 min 2
Most products fail because nobody wants them. Score your idea and test it in 7 days.
By Hamza Guetioui 9 min 2
More traffic isn't always the answer. Find the stage where your money leaks out.
By Hamza Guetioui 8 min 2

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minutes of reading · Business & Money
Section 04 · 7 stories
Why does setTimeout(fn, 0) run after a Promise? Watch the call stack and both queues move, step by step.
By Hamza Guetioui 9 min 2
Change one line of code and wait 60 seconds? Watch the layer cache and fix your Dockerfile for good.

By Hamza Guetioui 11 min 2
Four ways to build the same page, racing side by side on a fast laptop and a budget phone.

By Hamza Guetioui 10 min 2

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minutes of reading · Web Development
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