bluetooth-gamepad
Hardware
gamepad adapter firmware
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44comments
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How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
7 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.44.
Execution: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, readable code
From 1 comment
I like how readable the code is. I don't write anything in C++ nowadays, but it's clear enough for me to follow.
Tade0 on HN
Practical clever hack
From 1 comment
This is a clever and practical hack! Love the decoupled arch / making it easy to tweak for different controllers. Nice work!
schappim on HN
Objections
Maker used LLMs and commenters questioned how much was reviewed
From 2 comments
Ah, I can't really take credit for that, it was mostly multiple LLMs.
stavros on HNSo did you really write this, as claimed in the title, or did you vibe code it? If the latter, how much of the code did you review? How much of it do you understand and could…
latexr on HN
HID intricacies need remapping; works imperfectly on other controllers
From 1 comment
Yeah, I was between buying a new controller or making this too, but I figure it's a perfectly fine controller and I had the hardware lying around. It doesn't work perfectly, as…
stavros on HN
Requests
Latency measurements
From 2 comments
... and the latency is?
atmanactive on HNI guess the easiest way to measure this would be to run some gamepad test program on the target device, and then to record a video from your phone close to the gamepad but still…
atmanactive on HN
Questions
Was the code written by the maker or vibe coded?
From 1 comment
So did you really write this, as claimed in the title, or did you vibe code it? If the latter, how much of the code did you review? How much of it do you understand and could…
latexr on HN
What is the latency?
From 1 comment
... and the latency is?
atmanactive on HN