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DL Notes: Advanced Gradient Descent

The main optimization algorithms used for training neural networks, dissected and implemented from scratch in Python

17 min readDec 5, 2023

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Creating a Gradient Descent Animation in Python

How to plot the trajectory of a point over a complex surface

10 min readNov 11, 2023

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Creating a Gradient Descent Animation in Python

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The power of Python and Fusion 360 for 3D printing

10 min readJan 22, 2023

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Making a macro pad from scratch

I designed and built a QMK/VIAL macro pad from scratch. Let me tell you about the things I learned as a beginner.

14 min readMar 25, 2023

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Making a macro pad from scratch

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Extracting data from a REST API using Python

Simpler and more reliable than web scraping for getting data from the web.

9 min readMar 1, 2023

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Extracting data from a REST API using Python

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Luis Medina

Leveraging data aggregations in Python: using Pandas groupby method for data analysis

I share the intuition that helped me understand Pandas GroupBy method and examples of how it can be so useful when analyzing data.

6 min readMay 18, 2024

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DL Notes: Gradient Descent

How Neural Networks “Learn”

11 min readNov 4, 2023

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Luis Medina

Unconventional Data Analysis: extracting test bench results with Python

A simple approach to extract information from a sequence of test points

12 min readOct 11, 2023

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Unconventional Data Analysis: extracting test bench results with Python

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DL Notes: Feedforward Artificial Neural Networks

The basic concept, explained

7 min readOct 7, 2023

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Moving average filters: the good and the bad

Moving averages are the go-to data smoothing trick for many people in Engineering and Data Analytics. However, they aren’t always the best…

6 min readSep 20, 2023

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Moving average filters: the good and the bad

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Luis Medina

Luis Medina

I'm a Mechanical Engineer who likes coding. I write about Data Science and Analytics, Programming, and Life. Sometimes hobby electronics and 3d printing.

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