Stefan Bobev
@fenrirwillow.bsky.social
Distributed real time systems and games. Currently scaling up the platform at Oneiro🏦. Prev Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded 🔫, core platform DAZN ⚽.
NodeJS, C++, Rust, Unreal 🧑💻. Opinions are my own!
NodeJS, C++, Rust, Unreal 🧑💻. Opinions are my own!
Reposted by Stefan Bobev
Ever wrote spin-locks or had to debug them?
I have, and I got tired of seeing (and writing) crappy ones, so I did a real investigation this time.
Spoiler: trust your OS.
siliceum.com/en/blog/post...
I have, and I got tired of seeing (and writing) crappy ones, so I did a real investigation this time.
Spoiler: trust your OS.
siliceum.com/en/blog/post...
Spinning around: Please don't! - siliceum
Embark on a journey about why you should sometimes trust your OS more than yourself.
siliceum.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Ever wrote spin-locks or had to debug them?
I have, and I got tired of seeing (and writing) crappy ones, so I did a real investigation this time.
Spoiler: trust your OS.
siliceum.com/en/blog/post...
I have, and I got tired of seeing (and writing) crappy ones, so I did a real investigation this time.
Spoiler: trust your OS.
siliceum.com/en/blog/post...
When you are bootstrapping a new project, but you get carried away with the build system a little...
August 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
When you are bootstrapping a new project, but you get carried away with the build system a little...
It's been a good start to the year. I've settled in my new job, so I think I can finally start posting here more regularly. I plan on using this place the same as the other one - it will be a dump of my tech thoughts. What you'll likely see a lot of recently is my holiday gamed stuff, so watch out!
January 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It's been a good start to the year. I've settled in my new job, so I think I can finally start posting here more regularly. I plan on using this place the same as the other one - it will be a dump of my tech thoughts. What you'll likely see a lot of recently is my holiday gamed stuff, so watch out!
Reposted by Stefan Bobev
Huge forum post covering Runnables, Tasks, how to set them up in C++. An absolutely fantastic resource. https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multithreading-and-performance-in-unreal/1216417
January 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Huge forum post covering Runnables, Tasks, how to set them up in C++. An absolutely fantastic resource. https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multithreading-and-performance-in-unreal/1216417