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Week 2 of 5 · Class 5 of 10 · Tue 6/2

Demo your custom LLM

Week 2 demo day. Show your fine-tuned custom LLM side-by-side against vanilla, split into small groups, then finish the full survey before you leave.

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Today's schedule

4:00–4:40Week 2 demos: 4 teams, 10 min each (5 min demo + 5 min Q&A)
4:40–5:05Small group discussions: 2 groups, 25 min
5:05–5:20Full survey: self + partner eval, ~25 min

Week 2 demos: 10 minutes per team

Each team gets 5 min to demo + 5 min Q&A. Every person shares 1 learning from your Week 2 custom-LLM build, shown side-by-side against vanilla.

4 teams · 10 min each

Each person: 1 learning

  1. Build MVP: show your fine-tuned custom LLM, side-by-side vs vanilla. What did your team optimize for?
  2. Partnership: what did you learn about your team while building?
  3. Custom LLM: what surprised you about fine-tuning vs prompting?

Demo order: Week 2 teams

1Jeff Lash + Nikoo Beyzaei + Sabrina Abhyankar + Daliso
2Daniela Perilla + Ramin Talaie + Patricia + Michael Krafft
3Jocelyn Baun + Chris Thorne + Dorincy Shen + Kevin Ko
4Elizabeth + John Dufresne + Aviral Gupta + Arpit

Small group discussions: 25 min

After demos, we split into two groups. Each demo team splits across both groups so every group hears multiple perspectives.

2 groups · 25 min
Group A, led by Elizabeth. Partner 1 from each team.
Group B, led by Michael Krafft. Partner 2 from each team.

Discussion prompts

  1. What was really fun about building this week?
  2. What's different about Week 2 builds (fine-tuning) vs Week 1 (vibe coding)?
  3. What surprised you?

Full survey: self + partner eval

Plan for ~25 min. Rate yourself and each team member on 4 dimensions (1–5 scale), plus open-text on each. Same form every demo class (3, 5, 7, 9). Submit before you leave.

~25 min · 4 dimensions

Rate yourself + your team members

  1. Collaboration
  2. Creativity
  3. Ability to explain technical subjects
  4. Availability

Builder tip: speed it up with voice dictation

Stop typing when you're stuck, just talk. You can dictate a full paragraph in 15 seconds, and it's often more honest than typing. Three tools to try:

  1. Wispr Flow: works system-wide on Mac and Windows.
  2. macOS Dictation: press the Fn key twice from anywhere.
  3. Google Voice Typing: Tools menu inside Google Docs.

Ending criteria: reflect, then use in the survey

FUN: how much fun did you have building this week?
CREATIVITY: what surprising thing emerged in your Week 2 build?
COLLABORATION: how well did you yes-and your team's choices?

Before you log off