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    Reasoning Models From Scratch: Code Setup

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    Aug 30, 2026
    by Sebastian Raschka

    A little video that

    • explains the relationship between conventional LLMs and reasoning models (and agents),
    • philosophizes about “from scratch” approaches,
    • and explains how to install the Python and PyTorch requirements with uv.

    The video is here: Build A Reasoning Model From Scratch #1: Motivation & Code Setup.

    YouTube thumbnail for a Build a Reasoning Model From Scratch video about motivation and code setup

    The first video in the Build a Reasoning Model From Scratch series.

    Source: website version of my Substack note.

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