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2/28/2026 at 10:40:23 AM

I turned an old Stadia gamepad into a vibe coding controller

https://www.adithyan.io/blog/i-converted-an-old-game-controller-to-control-codex

by adithyan_win

2/28/2026 at 10:40:23 AM

I built a small Swift bridge app that maps gamepad buttons/chords to coding-agent actions in my terminal workflow.

Current actions:

- split panes - tab workflow - model/context switching - quick send - dictation/transcription trigger

It started as a one-night experiment to learn Swift and test hardware repurposing, but it has been surprisingly usable in daily coding.

Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFiQFPgrHPA

Code: https://github.com/wisdom-in-a-nutshell/stadia-macos-control...

Disclaimer: the repo is not plug-and-play yet. It is mainly shared as inspiration/reference.

by adithyan_win