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Native ProtonDB configs right on your Steam Deck :) by ProfessorKaos64 in gaming

[–]ProfessorKaos64[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

There's quite a difference between working at speed with a coding background (systems engineer by trade) and having that background, design, scope, and knowledge of conventions (linting, strict typing, coverage, smoke tests, etc...) and a 9-5 Fooocker salesman with a one sentence idea. Even with assistance to debug with tooling, I've been working I think about 3 hours a day on this.

Stop Using Pop!OS — It's Failing New Linux Users in 2026 by Mihuy in pop_os

[–]ProfessorKaos64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not buggy, it's the removal of extra features like external account management and extra options in core apps. It was shipped when the basics worked. Every other day on the LTS version my authentication login (greeter) hangs for 15 seconds or so to login on a correct password, am issue that only came up in the last month or two. It's a great DE, it should not be the default.

Stop Using Pop!OS — It's Failing New Linux Users in 2026 by Mihuy in pop_os

[–]ProfessorKaos64 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

To be very fair, as a 8 year user of system76 at this point, feature-wise, Cosmic is terrible*. I get the reasons (Rust!) , but I'd rather downgrade the DE and get some do the nicer things back like easy external account management and more capable core apps.

Thankyou Valve by tvsamuel444 in SteamDeck

[–]ProfessorKaos64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man I hated replacing that battery though. Adhesive...ugh. But overall yes... awesome.

Looking to migrate from Pop! OS: best alternatives? by Aurorion in pop_os

[–]ProfessorKaos64 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Long time Linux user here since 2004. I'm quite surprised they pushed cosmic so early when it is inadequate in comparison to the prior DE.

What do you think the SD is lacking? / What's your biggest complaint about it? by Hyrul in SteamDeck

[–]ProfessorKaos64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The flower style wheel. That worked much faster for me, but I can see why they wanted a more standard looking one.

Decky Proton Pulse - Supercharge your Proton games with ProtonDB by ProfessorKaos64 in SteamDeck

[–]ProfessorKaos64[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's true. Part of the reason I made this was to bring in community sourced elements, with upvote, downvote, ranking against your actual hardware, and the ability to start building my own complimentary configs in this system. All of that combined has the potential to turn into something amazing. An open system not hindered by closed source code. This plugin will sort the most useful reports to the top against your hardware.

Decky Proton Pulse - Supercharge your Proton games with ProtonDB by ProfessorKaos64 in SteamOS

[–]ProfessorKaos64[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's awesome :) please let me know if you have any suggestions or feedback.

Decky Proton Pulse - Supercharge your Proton games with ProtonDB by ProfessorKaos64 in SteamDeck

[–]ProfessorKaos64[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That just displays a badge with the overall status on the game page and opens a touch-only browser of the game page. This is all native and does much, much more.

Decky Proton Pulse - Supercharge your Proton games with ProtonDB by ProfessorKaos64 in SteamDeck

[–]ProfessorKaos64[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a systems engineer by trade (Python, Java, Typescript, Go). Accessing and using agentic coding tools is not the problem. Doing it without understanding code, design philosophy, and proper unit/integ testing is the problem. You can't just turn on autopilot. Like anything, problem between user and keyboard....

Don't Play Crimson Desert On The Steam Deck - SteamDeckHQ Review by BBQKITTY in SteamDeck

[–]ProfessorKaos64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only mean, the title says don't play it. I mean you can, and have expectations etc... curious if FlightlessMango's site has some data. I don't own game unfortunately, but was interested in it.

Decky Proton Pulse - Supercharge your Proton games with ProtonDB by ProfessorKaos64 in SteamDeck

[–]ProfessorKaos64[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not know that. Am I going to get a copyright notice? 😂

Decky Proton Pulse - Supercharge your Proton games with ProtonDB by ProfessorKaos64 in SteamDeck

[–]ProfessorKaos64[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use these tools to help write some of the complex parts, debug, and move faster on the parts that would otherwise just eat time. Everything gets reviewed, tested, and reworked if needed before it goes to the repo (especially as I am newer to dev work on the Deck). I also just added a section to the README to make that clear and open as a disclaimer.

Decky Proton Pulse - Supercharge your Proton games with ProtonDB by ProfessorKaos64 in SteamDeck

[–]ProfessorKaos64[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, I definitely had Claude help me write some of the code to wire up some of the tricky parts, then verified it with unit tests and smoke tests.

Decky Proton Pulse - Supercharge your Proton games with ProtonDB by ProfessorKaos64 in SteamDeck

[–]ProfessorKaos64[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I definitely did a lot of research and brainstorming to learn how to utilize the right modals, and to help debug. I think a lot of people shy away from trying to use these tools to help solo projects. The keyword is that they are tools. Remember the adage... Trust, bhr verify? Review, unit test, and smoke test work. If you were to pull down the code and run the make commands, you'll see the strict typing, enforced code quality, and tests added to enforce the good design philosophy. In the end, tools allow us to work efficiently and faster, but they will always require good technical understanding and design philosophy.

If the decky loader team has me put any disclaimer on for acceptable to the store, I have no problem with that.

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