https://yanisfalaki.com/A collection of personal blog posts about various technical pursuits. 2026-09-09T15:36:53-04:00 Yanis Falaki https://yanisfalaki.com/ Jekyll © 2026 Yanis Falaki /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2025-07-22T13:00:00-04:00 2026-08-17T18:13:19-04:00 https://yanisfalaki.com/posts/lgbm/ Yanis Falaki

LightGBM is probably the most widely used algorithm used for machine learning tasks on tabular data. On kaggle you almost always see it in the top 10 leaderboards, yet many (and I suspect most) only understand the interface of its official library, and not its technical underpinnings. I recently implemented LightGBM from scratch in order to gain a better a technical understanding of it myself,...

2023-12-26T12:00:00-05:00 2025-07-22T15:55:31-04:00 https://yanisfalaki.com/posts/unityui/ Yanis Falaki

Building a user interface in unity can take a painstakingly long amount of time. Even creating simple things like a login menu can eat up hours of your time. When you’re focused on creating a game, the gameplay rightfully steals the spotlight. However, neglecting the UI can create hurdles when you’re trying to expand your game. Making individual scripts for every UI element becomes a headache. ...