Atomics can be a pain point as well. The strong memory model of x86 tolerates sloppy use of atomics so bugs can easily fly under the radar, until the code is re

Atomics can be a pain point as well. The strong memory model of x86 tolerates sloppy use of atomics so bugs can easily fly under the radar, until the code is re-compiled for a weaker memory model like ARMs and suddenly you have a nightmare web of race conditions to deal with.