Jaanus has been working on a buck-boost converter from LT3791-1:
I’m building quite high power (for me) buck-boost converter for a friend. It takes in 12-45 V and has to output regulated 24 V. Total output power has to be more than 300 W. I don’t understand switching regulators well enough to build more than 100 W regulators from 555 timer (that is basically how your computer power supply is built). Just too much phase shifting and output oscillations and whatever else to take into account. You know, the things you learn in electronics classes (which there was none in my school).
Looks like the next step for Jaanus might be learning about quasi resonant zero current / zero voltage switching.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched-mode_power_supply#Quasi-resonant_zero-current.2Fzero-voltage_switch