@rogerbennett.bsky.social
Software engineer, Games programmer, Developer advocate, toy collector, drinking coffee, Technical Director Elite Dangerous at Frontier.
Don't wirry about it. Language evolves, be a trendsetter.
February 18, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Don't wirry about it. Language evolves, be a trendsetter.
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Spent the morning moving code to a non-allocating branchless cache coherent model so I can send it to worker threads and sometimes I wonder about myself.
It's going to be like ten microseconds faster.
It'll scale like crazy and will never need looking at again, but I think I'm hyperfixating. :(
It's going to be like ten microseconds faster.
It'll scale like crazy and will never need looking at again, but I think I'm hyperfixating. :(
January 17, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Spent the morning moving code to a non-allocating branchless cache coherent model so I can send it to worker threads and sometimes I wonder about myself.
It's going to be like ten microseconds faster.
It'll scale like crazy and will never need looking at again, but I think I'm hyperfixating. :(
It's going to be like ten microseconds faster.
It'll scale like crazy and will never need looking at again, but I think I'm hyperfixating. :(
Whether you watched the Muppets Christmas Carol or Die Hard this year, I'd like to wish you a lovely Christmas.
I hope you've had a good year on balance, even after everything, and the warmth of the season fills your heart.
Second star to the right, light speed until morning, engage.
I hope you've had a good year on balance, even after everything, and the warmth of the season fills your heart.
Second star to the right, light speed until morning, engage.
December 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Whether you watched the Muppets Christmas Carol or Die Hard this year, I'd like to wish you a lovely Christmas.
I hope you've had a good year on balance, even after everything, and the warmth of the season fills your heart.
Second star to the right, light speed until morning, engage.
I hope you've had a good year on balance, even after everything, and the warmth of the season fills your heart.
Second star to the right, light speed until morning, engage.
Programmers brunch! Sat around all morning, discussing problems that programmers have.
I wrote good code, turning a difficult problem into an easy problem and solved it well.
Then sipping coffee staring at "C4706 - assignment used as a condition" - a bad habit I picked up and I guess should stop.
I wrote good code, turning a difficult problem into an easy problem and solved it well.
Then sipping coffee staring at "C4706 - assignment used as a condition" - a bad habit I picked up and I guess should stop.
December 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Programmers brunch! Sat around all morning, discussing problems that programmers have.
I wrote good code, turning a difficult problem into an easy problem and solved it well.
Then sipping coffee staring at "C4706 - assignment used as a condition" - a bad habit I picked up and I guess should stop.
I wrote good code, turning a difficult problem into an easy problem and solved it well.
Then sipping coffee staring at "C4706 - assignment used as a condition" - a bad habit I picked up and I guess should stop.
Congratulations to #RocketWerkz and #KittenSpaceAgency for their progress, and making one small step for kittenkind in their public build.
Space games in custom engines are my jam! Great work gang, wishing you the very best in the next leg of the journey, and I am looking forward to seeing more.
Space games in custom engines are my jam! Great work gang, wishing you the very best in the next leg of the journey, and I am looking forward to seeing more.
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Congratulations to #RocketWerkz and #KittenSpaceAgency for their progress, and making one small step for kittenkind in their public build.
Space games in custom engines are my jam! Great work gang, wishing you the very best in the next leg of the journey, and I am looking forward to seeing more.
Space games in custom engines are my jam! Great work gang, wishing you the very best in the next leg of the journey, and I am looking forward to seeing more.
Just discovered, via a brief power outage, that parts of my house only work because of a polluted DNS cache and rebooting the system correctly resulted in broken things not working.
Now I have to fix things.
Now I have to fix things.
October 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Just discovered, via a brief power outage, that parts of my house only work because of a polluted DNS cache and rebooting the system correctly resulted in broken things not working.
Now I have to fix things.
Now I have to fix things.
This week in #EliteDangerous .
Vanguards is live! Join the ranks, discover squadrons to join, fight side-by-side, pool resources, and explore the galaxy together.
Play your way.
Thanks to all the members of the team that made this come together.
Vanguards is live! Join the ranks, discover squadrons to join, fight side-by-side, pool resources, and explore the galaxy together.
Play your way.
Thanks to all the members of the team that made this come together.
August 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This week in #EliteDangerous .
Vanguards is live! Join the ranks, discover squadrons to join, fight side-by-side, pool resources, and explore the galaxy together.
Play your way.
Thanks to all the members of the team that made this come together.
Vanguards is live! Join the ranks, discover squadrons to join, fight side-by-side, pool resources, and explore the galaxy together.
Play your way.
Thanks to all the members of the team that made this come together.
Ask not mow much you can break your fast, but how much the fast can break you.
Feeling hungry this morning.
Our cats have weird breakfast habits. But they don't get coffee with theirs. :)
Feeling hungry this morning.
Our cats have weird breakfast habits. But they don't get coffee with theirs. :)
August 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Ask not mow much you can break your fast, but how much the fast can break you.
Feeling hungry this morning.
Our cats have weird breakfast habits. But they don't get coffee with theirs. :)
Feeling hungry this morning.
Our cats have weird breakfast habits. But they don't get coffee with theirs. :)
My problem with rogue one was it could have been replaced by three paragraphs of yellow text scrolling up a starfield background before Darth Vaders star destroyer captured Tantive IV in search of the stolen plans.
And obligatory album link I guess.
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And obligatory album link I guess.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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August 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My problem with rogue one was it could have been replaced by three paragraphs of yellow text scrolling up a starfield background before Darth Vaders star destroyer captured Tantive IV in search of the stolen plans.
And obligatory album link I guess.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
And obligatory album link I guess.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
UNLIMITED TRIANGLES
August 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
UNLIMITED TRIANGLES
This week in #elitedangerous.
I'd only just found enough triangles for my Type-8! now I really have to up my game.
Those of you who already know me as a Lakon pilot will have no surprise at my excitement over the new T11.
Work starts on porting the new ship soooon.
I'd only just found enough triangles for my Type-8! now I really have to up my game.
Those of you who already know me as a Lakon pilot will have no surprise at my excitement over the new T11.
Work starts on porting the new ship soooon.
July 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This week in #elitedangerous.
I'd only just found enough triangles for my Type-8! now I really have to up my game.
Those of you who already know me as a Lakon pilot will have no surprise at my excitement over the new T11.
Work starts on porting the new ship soooon.
I'd only just found enough triangles for my Type-8! now I really have to up my game.
Those of you who already know me as a Lakon pilot will have no surprise at my excitement over the new T11.
Work starts on porting the new ship soooon.
Wait how fast does light go in a leap year?
July 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Wait how fast does light go in a leap year?
Keep up the good work, commanders. Follow the greens on the way out and don't get that big ole hull caught in the toast rack. o7.
July 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Keep up the good work, commanders. Follow the greens on the way out and don't get that big ole hull caught in the toast rack. o7.
On panther day I was privileged to be the lone watcher of an unrecognised streamer for a while and the personal impact of that cannot be understated. Although unable to interact as anything other than a fan, vicariously living the excitement i felt flying the ship thirty years ago.
July 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
On panther day I was privileged to be the lone watcher of an unrecognised streamer for a while and the personal impact of that cannot be understated. Although unable to interact as anything other than a fan, vicariously living the excitement i felt flying the ship thirty years ago.
It seems embarrassingly self serving to talk about #elitedangerous on social media these days.
I soak up the good - and the bad - from the community and let the voices of many in to my own piloting experience. I've never stopped being a fan, and many thanks to the community of players I'm a part of.
I soak up the good - and the bad - from the community and let the voices of many in to my own piloting experience. I've never stopped being a fan, and many thanks to the community of players I'm a part of.
July 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It seems embarrassingly self serving to talk about #elitedangerous on social media these days.
I soak up the good - and the bad - from the community and let the voices of many in to my own piloting experience. I've never stopped being a fan, and many thanks to the community of players I'm a part of.
I soak up the good - and the bad - from the community and let the voices of many in to my own piloting experience. I've never stopped being a fan, and many thanks to the community of players I'm a part of.
Spent a grand moment with twitch open watching a few #elitedangerous streams today. I always catch a mix of partner and non partner channels.
Launch day is always exciting, but this was something else.
From humble origins to the beast it is today, it's a pleasure to say the Panther has landed. O7
Launch day is always exciting, but this was something else.
From humble origins to the beast it is today, it's a pleasure to say the Panther has landed. O7
July 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Spent a grand moment with twitch open watching a few #elitedangerous streams today. I always catch a mix of partner and non partner channels.
Launch day is always exciting, but this was something else.
From humble origins to the beast it is today, it's a pleasure to say the Panther has landed. O7
Launch day is always exciting, but this was something else.
From humble origins to the beast it is today, it's a pleasure to say the Panther has landed. O7
Three different chicken, smoked salmon, bread, babaganoosh.
July 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Three different chicken, smoked salmon, bread, babaganoosh.
Someone stole my seat!
This cutie is enjoying the night air with us.
It's been a hella week. So proud of our little space game, and the rewarding efforts of a dedicated team pulling together. A comfortable seat, a pleasant tipple, and living my best life. Looking forward to brunch and bbq tomorrow!
This cutie is enjoying the night air with us.
It's been a hella week. So proud of our little space game, and the rewarding efforts of a dedicated team pulling together. A comfortable seat, a pleasant tipple, and living my best life. Looking forward to brunch and bbq tomorrow!
July 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Someone stole my seat!
This cutie is enjoying the night air with us.
It's been a hella week. So proud of our little space game, and the rewarding efforts of a dedicated team pulling together. A comfortable seat, a pleasant tipple, and living my best life. Looking forward to brunch and bbq tomorrow!
This cutie is enjoying the night air with us.
It's been a hella week. So proud of our little space game, and the rewarding efforts of a dedicated team pulling together. A comfortable seat, a pleasant tipple, and living my best life. Looking forward to brunch and bbq tomorrow!
We adopted lil Xena and her orange brother Gizmo at the end of last year after a litter of seven was found in a shed near here. They still use the original carrier as a bed, although they used to both fit in there with room to spare!
I just need to explain that breakfast isn't served until eight...
I just need to explain that breakfast isn't served until eight...
June 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We adopted lil Xena and her orange brother Gizmo at the end of last year after a litter of seven was found in a shed near here. They still use the original carrier as a bed, although they used to both fit in there with room to spare!
I just need to explain that breakfast isn't served until eight...
I just need to explain that breakfast isn't served until eight...
We make the game, and there is a really focused team putting their all into this, but the community make the game what it is. o7 commanders. Second star to the right.
June 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We make the game, and there is a really focused team putting their all into this, but the community make the game what it is. o7 commanders. Second star to the right.
After being a fan of the series for many decades, it was a privilege to join the leadership team after Odyssey, helping charter our course through the stars. Our recent financial report joins my own flight experience and the swell of community support, all as forces that guide me in my role.
June 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
After being a fan of the series for many decades, it was a privilege to join the leadership team after Odyssey, helping charter our course through the stars. Our recent financial report joins my own flight experience and the swell of community support, all as forces that guide me in my role.
Reflecting back on the past year of #EliteDangerous, enjoying coffee and croissant in a cafe with some great people. A little moment of calm, proud of the road we have taken and optimistic about the journey we have yet to take.
June 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Reflecting back on the past year of #EliteDangerous, enjoying coffee and croissant in a cafe with some great people. A little moment of calm, proud of the road we have taken and optimistic about the journey we have yet to take.
Congratulations.
I have some understanding of the challenge and effort required here and I look on with respect.
I have some understanding of the challenge and effort required here and I look on with respect.
June 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Congratulations.
I have some understanding of the challenge and effort required here and I look on with respect.
I have some understanding of the challenge and effort required here and I look on with respect.