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Anonymous

08/29/25(Fri)22:09:58 No.106428307

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Anonymous 08/29/25(Fri)22:09:58 No.106428307 Archived

Why do graphics libraries keep getting more complicated? Compare legacy OpenGL to modern OpenGL. Now compare modern OpenGL to Vulkan.

Does anyone actually code with Vulkan?

Ask ChatGPT "write a simple C program using the Vulkan API that outputs a triangle to the screen." It can't do it. That's how complicated Vulkan is.

Does anyone actually use this shit?

Anonymous
08/29/25(Fri)22:19:51 No.106428350

Anonymous 08/29/25(Fri)22:19:51 No.106428350

Regular developers are not the target users of Vulkan, it's made for engine developers. It is necessarily complex because exposes very specialized things that can't be made simpler without sacrificing generalizability.

Anonymous
08/29/25(Fri)22:20:19 No.106428358

Anonymous 08/29/25(Fri)22:20:19 No.106428358

Because graphics are getting more complicated. It's not that hard.

Anonymous
08/30/25(Sat)05:25:54 No.106430826

Anonymous 08/30/25(Sat)05:25:54 No.106430826

>>106428307
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