Diagram of a GGUF file layout with tensor metadata and quantized weight blocks.

Building a GGUF Parser and Tensor Loader From Scratch: A Portfolio Project That Actually Signals Systems Skill

Build a real GGUF parser and tensor loader from scratch in Rust — metadata parsing, q4_0/q8_0 dequantization, mmap’d weight streaming, and a minimal Llama forward pass. The kind of CV project that gets interviews at systems and ML infra teams.

September 5, 2026 · 13 min · 2735 words · martinuke0
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