The latest articles on DEV Community by chakradhar Y (@chakradhar_y_7227). https://dev.to/chakradhar_y_7227 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4005083%2Fdb7ffa8d-7588-4f8d-a13d-57b14620df36.png https://dev.to/chakradhar_y_7227 en chakradhar Y Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:14:02 +0000 https://dev.to/chakradhar_y_7227/starting-my-aiml-journey-in-public-and-backpropagation-already-broke-my-brain-1763 https://dev.to/chakradhar_y_7227/starting-my-aiml-journey-in-public-and-backpropagation-already-broke-my-brain-1763 <p>Hi, I'm Chakradhar— A 3rd year BTech student trying to become AI/ML engineer right from the 1st year i had wasted all my time, but yeah whatever it is "I STARTED" so far i had learned some topics . <br> But one confusing topic at a time.</p> <p>This isn't going to be a "I learned Backpropagation and now I'm an expert" post. It's the opposite. I've spent the last few weeks going through neural networks, activation functions, loss functions, and now backpropagation — and backprop is the first thing that's genuinely broken my brain.<br> I'm not writing this because I've figured it out. I'm writing it because I think a lot of people studying ML hit this exact wall — and never see anyone admit it publicly. Most tutorials make it look clean. It hasn't been clean for me.</p> <p>This blog is going to be exactly this: my real journey toward becoming an AI/ML engineer — the projects I build, the concepts I learn, and the ideas I want to one day turn into real things. Following along from the start, mess and all.</p> machinelearning deeplearning beginners 100daysofcode