u/imperfectlyAware

I played GT7 for a while with a so-so wheel and I’m thinking about getting the Grand Turismo DD+ bundle.

I’m not *really* into racing games in a real big way, so I’m not going to build a full rig.

I want:

- something good but low maintenance
- I hate load cell brakes and prefer a normal road car feel
- not using shifters (been driving electric for too long)
- absolutely do not want to have to set up a PC to do firmware updates, calibrate pedal, etc.
- two pedals, not three
- firmly attached to desk, easy-ish to take off
- pedals on the floor, can’t brace against wall
- not bothered about ultimate realism, don’t need a super powerful motor, will just set it to low anyway (I don’t like having my fingers broken while gaming)
- price not that big a deal (house paid off, gaming is cheaper than a lambo)
- not too much messing around with setup – I want something that works out of the box or is easy to set up

I’ve seen that there are lots of extra pedal sets, but I presume those are all either for rigs, or have load cells; also I wouldn’t want to have to mess around with calibration software.

Do think I’ll find my happy place with the DD+? Or will I just frustrated because Fanatec is too hard core for me?

Thanks for your advice!

I’m looking into mounting an Apple Magic Trackpad and a StreamDeck above my keyboard just below the monitor(s).

I’ve got some elgato mounting gear for cameras, microphones and some SmallRig arms.

Does anybody have any experience with tripod mounts of this kind. My main worry is how stable such setups are when you actually use them.

I’ve experimented with a clamp at the far end of the desk and then telescoping posts going under the monitor but it’s not that stable — as in wobble.

Anybody got advice for a sturdy setup?

I use both Claude Code and Codex and they’re both good models.

I’ve worked with Claude since around August last year daily. I’ve only used codex for the past few months and I use it less than Claude.

I’m an indie Mac developer with 30+ years experience, highest tier with both LLM subscriptions.

I really like Codex because its personality is more that of a fellow software engineer and it comes up with highly architected solutions. Just like working with a fellow software engineer, it does have its own style and patterns. It tends to complicate things and in general it does not seem to care much for the existing patterns and style of the existing code. This is both good and bad. I’m learning new fresh patterns.. but the code it writes is different to mine.

Unfortunately it quite often also doesn’t find an existing pattern in my code base, or just doesn’t bother to look for one.

This is where Claude is much better. It adapts much better. The code it writes automatically uses the same style and finds existing patterns. It looks much more like my own code.

Yesterday I had a good example of that. A field behaved strangely. I got codex to investigate the code paths, events fired, etc. then suggest solution after examining different options. It found a fundamental flaw in a framework and suggested lots of changes all over the place.

I gave the same prompt to a fresh Claude session that I hadn’t carefully primed with the right context and it solved the problem immediately by comparing the plumbing of the offending field with those around it, traced the call sequence correctly and suggested a one line local change (wrong class).

Is it possible that codex is just not great at Swift?

I have identical agents md and MCPs on both. Both running latest model on highest thinking.

Bear with me. I’ve used loads of ergo keyboards over the years including Data Hand, partially chorded, Maltron, Kinesis, minimal.

What I’ve found time and again is that *typing* works great, but I’m not just typing on my Mac. Most of the time as a dev, I’m thinking with my hands away from the keyboard.

Then I just want to quickly switch from one app to another, and I need to bring both my hands into the home row to find the right keys. Often there’s no labels on the keys. Often there’s the wrong keycaps (Dvorak user). Often the key I need is buried under n layers. Often key combos become incredibly complicated because the function keys and often even the number keys are under a layer. Some key combos are untenable altogether because the symbol needs shift to be on in my layout.. and holding down shift of course changes the combo.

I’ve replaced my Kinesis Advantage 360 with a much less ergonomic Keychron Q10 Alice mostly because that has extra keys that I can program to switch apps and I can hit command f1 with two fingers rather than 3 (layers).

A lot of the ergonomic keyboards just don’t seem to deal well that aspect of ergonomics: lazy non-typing input.

I’ve got a Glove 80 on order and that might be a workable compromise.. but again I find myself yearning for more keys and properly labelled key caps, so I can just tap a macro key without finding my home row.

How do you guys with minimalist non-labelled keycaps handle this use case.. or do you just live in vim?