Hello, I'm

Mert Yiğit

I like to engineer recreationally. Strong technology knowledge with great interest in applying it to solve real world problems.

Projects

What I've built

FlushHotkeys · Videogame Mod

A mod for the video Balatro that adds keyboard shortcuts to speed up hand selection and discards.

  • Hotkeys to select poker hands (flushes, full houses, straights) and cycle through candidate hands.
  • Intelligent card selection that picks the "most discardable" cards automatically.
  • More than 30000 downloads.
Lua
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AI-Powered Predictive Keyboard · Prototype

An autocomplete engine that predicts full words from two letter prefixes, intended as a glide typing like solution for computers.

  • Built the prediction engine using an edge LLM (Qwen) with an integrated search algorithm.
  • Focused on two design goals: Should require minimal training and should not require specialized hardware.
LLMNLP
Fire Surveillance Solver · Optimization

An open source solver for optimizing forest fire surveillance and detection equipment placement, part of a Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) funded research project.

  • Accompanying paper currently under review.
  • Built-in simulation algorithm.
  • Excel based easy to read and manipulate format, focusing on ease of implementability.
PythonOptimizationGurobi
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Earlier:
  • 3rd place winner at Optimization Challenge 2025 organized by Sabancı University, 250$ prizeCompetition
  • 2nd place winner at STEM CTF, won a smart watch as prizeCompetition
  • Gold level in HackerRankAchievement

Skills

What I work with

Languages

PythonC#

Platforms & Tools

PostgreSQLDockerFedora Linux

Interests

OptimizationProduct DevelopmentMathPsychology