Found in the Loop

Found in the LoopA no-BS learning log by Youssef Malek. Explore ML, AI, and software growth through honest posts, projects, and reflections.https://www.youssefmalek.com/Inside My Double Internship: How I Cracked Microsoft, Thrived at Procore, and Stayed Sanehttps://www.youssefmalek.com/blog/double-internship/https://www.youssefmalek.com/blog/double-internship/A behind-the-scenes look at balancing two elite internships at Microsoft and Procore - from cracking interviews and shipping real features to managing burnout, learning at scale, and thriving under pressure before graduation.Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTCareerInternshipsMicrosoftProcorePatterns that Persist: Stationarity, Correlation, and Trend Detectionhttps://www.youssefmalek.com/blog/patterns-that-persist/https://www.youssefmalek.com/blog/patterns-that-persist/A practical guide to testing stationarity, interpreting autocorrelation, and decomposing time series into trend, seasonality, and noise - essential steps for robust forecasting and model selection.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTTime SeriesStatisticsForecastingTime-Series 101: Reading the Pulse of the Worldhttps://www.youssefmalek.com/blog/time-series-101/https://www.youssefmalek.com/blog/time-series-101/Before you forecast the future, learn how to hear it. A 7-minute crash course in the core logic of time series analysis—lag, cycles, noise, and all.Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTTime SeriesMachine LearningStatistics