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 blog has a mirror on Listed 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 this blog instead. However, as long as the mirror is live, you can subscribe there 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
- OS: Fedora (GNOME on desktop, Sway on laptop)
- Search, Translation, Proofreading: Kagi
- Mail, Calendar: Proton + SimpleLogin
- Notes: Standard Notes
- Photo management: Ente Photos
- Home cloud: Nextcloud
- Browser: Firefox, Brave
- IDE/Editor: Zed
- VPN: WireGuard
- DNS: AdGuard Home
- Password manager: Bitwarden
- File sync: Syncthing
- Navigation: Organic Map and Kagi Maps via OpenStreetMap
- IM: Signal
- Blog: Zola + Zola Bear, Listed
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