Mathieu Ropert

discord can't collapse into irrelevance because an empty server where i dump screenshots, notes, and pictures is somehow, in 2026, the best way of getting shit off my phone and onto the computer

I watched Bugonia (2025) and frankly, it pains me to say 10 Cloverfield Lane did a much better job with a similar premise 10 years ago.

Profiling on Windows: a Short Rant · Mathieu Ropert I wanted to write about threads, but I needed to explain some numbers and I couldn’t. Here’s why.

Made a short writeup about my recent issues doing micro-architecture profiling on Windows.
mropert.github.io/2026/02/13/p...

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Rewatching Avengers Endgame someone explains how the "Thanos throws Gamora off a cliff after he tortured her and her sister for Intel is considered a sacrifice of love" unless it's written by a dude with issues

Guess your profile tagline warned us

Max has opinions

Tried CNET already, they bounce you back to Intel's website who then gives you 404.
As mentioned in the other reply they did a crazy 5 generation minspec bump on the 2025 release _and_ paid support only gives you up to 2 years old releases.
They're just trying to force hardware upgrades.

Lol they did a 5 generation minspec bump in the 2025 release and paid support only gives you up to 2 years downloads.
Someone is just trying to force you to buy a new CPU.

At this point I just hope I can find a link to someone who kept a copy of the offline installers of older versions...

Why is so hard it is to find a good profiler with hardware counters like cache/branches that isn't proprietary/paid on Windows?
And does it contribute to why all those windows apps run very poorly?

VkBoostrap will save you some line for instance/device/swapchain creation which is neat.
But you'll still need some amount of code to get to hello triangle.
Can't really be helped unless you use some form of renderer abstraction.
There's a ton online depending what you're looking for.

In updated vTune and the new version doesn't support my CPU anymore (10th gen i7).
The only way to get the installer back for older versions is through paid support according to support.
Amazing job by Intel.

I'm begging you to stop trying to write your own work stealing task scheduler

When people ask why the state finances aren't looking good maybe ask them who oversees and validates public contracts to build stuff like this.

It's not even showing a greyed out option in the app when that happens. You have to go read the docs to figure out why some ticket purchase options disappeared.

Update on the abysmal state of Paris transport tech: they can't store a metro ticket _and_ an airport transfer on the same medium.
The official solution: buy a 2nd card (or use a second phone 🤡) to store each separately.
How much money was spent on this level of incompetence?

YouTube video by SwedenCpp Mathieu Ropert: Learning Graphics Programming with C++

From our most recent Stockholm #Cpp Meetup:
A few lessons that should be quite enlightening and helpful to get started with graphics and game programming with #cplusplus, by @matropert.bsky.social

youtu.be/vL87j4wup1U

Paris métro evolves. To force you even harder to use their garbage app they discontinued paper tickets in favour of a "reusable" piece of cardboard they pretend will last you 10 years.
Still can't tap your bank card on the gate like in normal places.

AI content moderation is a waste of everybody's time. It's a best merely an annoyance that is trivially bypassed.
I was trying to find a wine I tried but couldn't remember the name (google search was helpless).
Took me 2 extra steps to get over the "sorry can't talk alcohol".

Decaying fascist constructs look so Star Wars

I went to Quick in Brussels and they asked me to pay for mayo with my fries, so by the only metric that matters™️ Belgium isn't a civilized place.

FOSDEM keynote: interesting and enlightening, but kind of hurting its own point that European governments rely on Big Tech too much by trying to do a presentation on custom software that took 5 minutes to get the slides up and broke down 2/3rd of that way into the talk.

French office: "don't like our decision? Go ahead, strike, it's your right".
Québec office: "you made a lukewarm comment about it on LinkedIn, 3 days unpaid leave pending disciplinary hearing"

The way disapproval is treated in France vs Québec at the same employer tells you a lot about the value of labour law protection over any vague idea of "company culture".

Narrator's voice: there a was a bug in it

Benchmarking with Vulkan, or the curse of variable GPU clock rates · Mathieu Ropert Trying to get reliable benchmarks on a GPU that keeps adapting its clock rate.

Wrote a short article about my experience benchmarking Vulkan apps and fighting GPU variable clock rates.
mropert.github.io/2026/01/29/b...

Now I finally understand the origin of the meme 😐

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Baz Obungler saying "here's a podcast that does a good job"

Sir, thank you