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I wanted to use my new Sony DSLR (a6700) in the same way as I use my server: by ssh'ing into it. This is a one day hackaway helper built on Sony’s official Cam

I wanted to use my new Sony DSLR (a6700) in the same way as I use my server: by ssh'ing into it. This is a one day hackaway helper built on Sony’s official Camera Remote SDK. It sort of mimics an ssh session by connecting to my Sony over Wi-Fi, listens for new photos or specific events... and runs scripts on them. Thank you Sony, for not forgetting the Linux fan base. And thank you ChatGPT for freshening up my c++ skills!

SAI_Peregrinus 1y ago
Nitpick: that's a DSLM, or just "mirrorless" camera. There's no reflex mirror, so it's not a DSLR.
- delta_p_delta_x 1y ago
  The more common initialism/abbreviation is MILC, or mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera.
  - Lammy 1y ago
    I'm sad that Electronic Viewfinder, Interchangeable Lens (EVIL) didn't catch on
    - anArbitraryOne 1y ago
      Ooh that's funny. And I say that as an EVF lover
- simondotau 1y ago
  Wrong words are commonplace in English, perhaps my favourite being “modern art” referring to art from 100 years ago. Long story short: don’t worry about it.
  - a96 1y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_art
JdeBP 1y ago
I wouldn't thank ChatGPT too enthusiastically. As always for LLMs, it has given you code that is rife with common pitfalls (because, after all, they massively plagiarize sources where people post poor code). For examples: It does not follow the Linux rules for pathname separators, but mixes in Windows-isms. It doesn't properly check whether std::atomic<bool> is actually signal safe on the target architecture. Its unique filename generation has an all-too-common failure mode. It passes by reference only to then make local value copies anyway. It does not correctly follow the XDG Base Directory Specification.
- beligum 1y ago
  Last time I hand started a c++ project was 10+ years ago so let's say it got the ball moving ;) Feel free to help cleanup a bit of my mess if you want, would love to work on this project together with others!
pjmlp 1y ago
Some stuff that could be improved with modern C++, Instead of static bool file_exists(const std::string &p) { struct stat st{}; return ::stat(p.c_str(), &st) == 0; } Use the filesystem API, std::filesystem::exists(path); -- https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/filesystem.html https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/filesystem.html
- beligum 1y ago
  ty!

SAI_Peregrinus 1y ago

Nitpick: that's a DSLM, or just "mirrorless" camera. There's no reflex mirror, so it's not a DSLR.

delta_p_delta_x 1y ago
The more common initialism/abbreviation is MILC, or mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera.
- Lammy 1y ago
  I'm sad that Electronic Viewfinder, Interchangeable Lens (EVIL) didn't catch on
  - anArbitraryOne 1y ago
    Ooh that's funny. And I say that as an EVF lover
simondotau 1y ago
Wrong words are commonplace in English, perhaps my favourite being “modern art” referring to art from 100 years ago. Long story short: don’t worry about it.
- a96 1y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_art

JdeBP 1y ago

I wouldn't thank ChatGPT too enthusiastically. As always for LLMs, it has given you code that is rife with common pitfalls (because, after all, they massively plagiarize sources where people post poor code). For examples: It does not follow the Linux rules for pathname separators, but mixes in Windows-isms. It doesn't properly check whether std::atomic<bool> is actually signal safe on the target architecture. Its unique filename generation has an all-too-common failure mode. It passes by reference only to then make local value copies anyway. It does not correctly follow the XDG Base Directory Specification.

beligum 1y ago
Last time I hand started a c++ project was 10+ years ago so let's say it got the ball moving ;) Feel free to help cleanup a bit of my mess if you want, would love to work on this project together with others!

pjmlp 1y ago

Some stuff that could be improved with modern C++, Instead of static bool file_exists(const std::string &p) { struct stat st{}; return ::stat(p.c_str(), &st) == 0; } Use the filesystem API, std::filesystem::exists(path); -- https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/filesystem.html https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/filesystem.html

beligum 1y ago
ty!