Hi, welcome to my blog!

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 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.

This Listed blog is a mirror of my personal self-hosted blog. I keep it because I write my texts in Standard Notes in the first place. Unfortunately, Listed discontinued support for custom domains and doesn't support media attachments. Therefore, I decided to self-host my blog instead. However, as long as this mirror is live, you can subscribe here if you want.

What I write about

  • Retro gaming, software emulation and FPGA
  • Simracing, Richard Burns Rally
  • Games and game development in general
  • Desktop Linux, gaming on Linux, free and open source software in day-to-day life
  • Personal projects
  • Learning experiences

What I currently use

Below you can find some of my favorite software and services that I use on a daily basis, as well as my gaming and sim racing setup.

Software

Of course, I use much more software daily than is listed here, but these are great examples of daily drivers among open-source local/self-hosted software and ad-free, privacy-respecting services that I wanted to highlight.

Gaming

  • Desktop PC: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD
  • Controllers: 8BitDo M30, 8BitDo Pro 3, 8BitDo SN30 Pro, 8BitDo NEOGEO
  • All-around gaming devices: Steam Deck OLED
  • Portable FPGA: Analogue Pocket
  • Portable software emulation: Retroid Pocket Classic, Retroid Pocket Mini v2, Anbernic RG ARC-S (Rocknix), Anbernic RG Cube XX (MuOS), TrimUI Brick (MuOS), iPad Pro 12.9 (2021) M1

Simracing

  • PC: AMD Ryzen 9 7900, Nvidia RTX 4080, 32GB RAM, 3TB SSD
  • Screen: 34" curved Samsung Odyssey G5
  • VR: Oculus Quest 2 (Virtual Desktop / Oculus Link Cable)
  • Cockpit, Seat, Haptic Pad: GT Omega Prime, XL-RS, HF8
  • Pedals: VRS Pro Pedals
  • Wheelbase: VRS DFP20
  • Wheels: Thrustmaster R383 (converted to OSW), SRC Radical from Simracing Coach, DriftShop wheel
  • Quick-release: SRC
  • Handbrake: Heusinkveld
  • Shifters: Heusinkveld (old sequential), Thrustmaster TH8A (H-pattern, modded for better tactile feedback)
  • Headphones: Sennheiser HD 560S
  • Button box: Stream Deck
  • Keyboard and mouse: Logitech K400 Plus