@spencerldixon

I solve problems with code

I'm Spencer, Ruby + Python Developer with over 10 years of experience working across public, private and non-profit sectors.

You can find my work in UK Government Digital Services and powering global conservation efforts.

I write about Ruby, Python, Hotwire and software development. I'm currently building government things at Department for Education

Articles

Progressive Web Apps with Rails

Granular Polymorphic User Permissions with Cancancan

De-spaghettifying Rails Apps with Wisper

Deep Q-Learning for Atari Games

We need to go deeper: Deep Q Networks

A Primer on Reinforcement Learning: Q-Learning

Why accuracy isn't accurate

Understanding Convolutional Neural Networks

Building a Neural Network with Tensorflow

Neural Networks from Scratch

Numpy for dummies

Responsive tables the right way