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Figure: linear models nested inside GLMs, GAMs and neural networks

Designing Transparent Neural Networks

Neural networks designed to be as transparent as linear and additive models.

Mar 2021Essay

Figure: a small neural network with inputs x1 to xN

From Linear Models to Neural Networks

How neural networks work, explained with only the math of linear models.

Mar 2021Essay

Draft Navigation: From Picks To Paths, on StarCityGames

StarCityGames

Over 400 articles about Magic: The Gathering, written from 2016 to 2022.

2016–2022Columnist

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The 540

I co-hosted 14 episodes of StarCityGames’ Cube podcast with Ryan Overturf.

2021–2022Co-host

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Lords of Limited

Three guest episodes: drafting with preferences, drafting aggro and bot design.

2017–2019First repeat guest

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Limited Level-Ups

Why “forcing” in draft gets a bad name, and the art of doing it well.

2020–20245 episodes

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Lucky Paper Radio

What low-powered cubes can learn from how Limited sets are designed.

2023–2024Cube design

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Bot Drafting the Hard Way

A bot, built from over 80,000 drafts, that understands archetypes and stays open.

Jan 2020Bot design