Oleg

My name is Oleg. I'm an engineer with over 10 years of experience in game development. I've worked as a software engineer, a data engineer, a product and marketing data analyst, a marketing producer, and a team manager leading data teams. I currently work as a data engineer at Supercell, a mobile game developer from Finland. This is a mirror of my personal blog, where I share my thoughts and experiences on topics that interest me most, whether it's my experience of daily driving a convertible during winter in the Nordics or a configuration of RetroArch. Check out my blog posts to see what I've been writing about, and visit the About page if you want to learn more about me.

Daily driving a soft-top convertible during a Nordic winter

April 21, 2026•1,905 words

I started writing this note on April 20th, a date when a "false spring" in Finland should already be mostly over and a comeback of winter is unlikely (not impossible, though). When I decided to buy a Mazda MX-5, also known as a Miata, in 2025, one of my concerns was a soft top versus the Finnish winter. While I did my search on the internet, I usually either saw posts from people using their Miatas as a second car for occasional winter events or posts from people who live in climate zones wher...

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Does the Retroid Pocket Classic replace ARC-S and Mini v2 for me?

February 19, 2026•1,172 words

I collected a Retroid Pocket Classic (RPC) in the Classic 6 variant from the post office a month ago. The next day, I went on a business trip, took it with me, and played it a lot during my flights. I've enjoyed it at home and have been carrying it in my backpack daily since I came back. Many posts have already been written about it, but few focus purely on emulation of SEGA consoles, so at first I thought I would share my experience in case someone searches the internet for the RPC in the conte...

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