// do this once somehwere
CreateThread(
            NULL,
            0,
            watch_for_changes_in_the_variables_file,
            NULL,
            0,
            NULL
        );


func s32 WINAPI watch_for_changes_in_the_variables_file(void* param)
{
    HANDLE file = CreateFileA(
        ".",
        GENERIC_READ,
        FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
        NULL,
        OPEN_EXISTING,
        FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS,
        NULL
    );

    FILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION buffer[16] = ZERO;
    s32 bytes_returned;

    while(true)
    {
        ReadDirectoryChangesW(
            file,
            buffer,
            sizeof(buffer),
            false,
            FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE,
            &bytes_returned,
            NULL,
            NULL
        );

        if(wcscmp(L"variables.txt", buffer[0].FileName) == 0)
        {
            read_hot_reload_variables();
        }
    }

    return 0;

}