The latest articles on Forem by Fritz (@fmahnke). https://forem.com/fmahnke https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3544404%2Ff39834fe-20b3-4a81-9402-c5c1cc096f78.png https://forem.com/fmahnke en Fritz Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:16:12 +0000 https://forem.com/fmahnke/getting-ready-for-sega-8-50mk https://forem.com/fmahnke/getting-ready-for-sega-8-50mk <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fsxhtv3jlhig96gnv6684.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fsxhtv3jlhig96gnv6684.png" alt="Sega8 #6" width="374" height="290"></a></p> <p>This year's Sega8 multi-game speedrun race will be held on 2025-11-22. The preparation period begins this Saturday, 2025-10-06. To eliminate distractions and optimize my practice time, I'm spending some time this week cleaning up issues in my streaming workflow.</p> <p>This workflow has several components that interact with each other. I made the whole thing, but I haven't looked at it in awhile. To make sure I understand the entire system, I started by making diagrams of all the components and their interactions.</p> <p>This diagram shows the major components at play when I stream on Twitch and train for speedrun races.</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fz8romwmn235jq1y68ynw.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fz8romwmn235jq1y68ynw.png" alt="All Components" width="800" height="165"></a></p> <p>This diagram shows the components that handle interactions between Twitch's service and my system.</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fwti4dkd00si1patifn9v.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fwti4dkd00si1patifn9v.png" alt="Stream Components" width="529" height="558"></a></p> <p>Example:</p> <ul> <li>When I get a <a href="https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/how-to-use-raids?language=en_US#howdoraidswork" rel="noopener noreferrer">raid</a> on Twitch, Twitch notifies <a href="https://firebot.app/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Firebot</a> of this event. Firebot uses <code>stream-tools</code> to create an on-stream alert that's customized to the name of the Twitch user that raided my channel.</li> </ul> <p>These are the components that handle interactions between my inputs (input devices, microphone, camera, etc.).</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fj63e1io06gjpfwgpyt4g.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fj63e1io06gjpfwgpyt4g.png" alt="User Control Components" width="369" height="446"></a></p> <p>Examples:</p> <ul> <li> <code>jsd</code> provides controller bindings that control <a href="https://livesplit.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">LiveSplit</a>.</li> <li> <code>i3d</code> monitors <a href="https://www.retroarch.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">RetroArch</a>, making sure that any new windows it opens are placed consistently, so I don't have to do this manually when switching games. </li> </ul> <p>This system has accreted some problems as I've added more things to it since I started doing this. I'll check in later this week as I start to find and fix these.</p> speedrun twitch python tooling