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GallantGargoyle

@gallantgargoyle

Solo dev working on too many projects at once (where's my coffee?)

Joined June 2025

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Knightmare Protocolknightmareprotocol.hashnode.dev5 posts

The Corrupt Oraclethecorruptoracle.hashnode.dev2 posts

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knightmareprotocol.hashnode.dev

We Had a Good Run, Dueling DDQN and I

Summary (for those who need to get back to scrolling)This post continues an ongoing series documenting my attempt to train a chess engine from scratch. Here, I focus on why supervised pre-training of value-based RL agents (DDQN / Dueling DDQN) led to...

Feb 68 min read

knightmareprotocol.hashnode.dev

Deep (and Doubly Deep) Q-Networks

Hello there. It’s been a while since the last update. I’m sure you were all refreshing the home page of this blog frantically as you ran around your house in circles, yelling at the heavens to give you more content. Fret not, dear reader. Your source...

Oct 31, 20256 min read

knightmareprotocol.hashnode.dev

Diverging Neural Networks and Debugging Woes

Patience. The single greatest trait a programmer can have. Patience to grapple with the random AttributeErrors Python decides to throw at you, patience to deal with that sys.exit() you forgot to comment out, and patience to deal with your past self’s...

Aug 17, 202511 min read

knightmareprotocol.hashnode.dev

The Knightmare Begins...

…and I mean it. Working till midnight, only to realize I’ve created two functions that call each other in a disastrous loop — then having to start from scratch. And yet, there’s nothing like the satisfaction of seeing things finally fall into place: ...

Aug 2, 20254 min read

thecorruptoracle.hashnode.dev

Continent Maps, Ceramic Bombs, and Chaos

It’s been nearly three weeks since I saw you guys! All six of you, anyway. You may be wondering what I’ve been up to.Or you may be wondering why you’re reading this when you have better things to do. Either way — rejoice! I come bearing gifts. Since ...

Jul 19, 20254 min read

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We Had a Good Run, Dueling DDQN and I

Deep (and Doubly Deep) Q-Networks

Diverging Neural Networks and Debugging Woes

The Knightmare Begins...

Continent Maps, Ceramic Bombs, and Chaos

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GallantGargoyle's blogs

Recently published

We Had a Good Run, Dueling DDQN and I

Deep (and Doubly Deep) Q-Networks

Diverging Neural Networks and Debugging Woes

The Knightmare Begins...

Continent Maps, Ceramic Bombs, and Chaos