I'd argue backprop is still handy just to learn the basics It doesn't have to be production ready of course, but spending 3-4 hours to write it out in code, de

I'd argue backprop is still handy just to learn the basics It doesn't have to be production ready of course, but spending 3-4 hours to write it out in code, debug a few steps, ... are useful in my opinion. or at least watch the karpathy video and try to follow along