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- URL: https://x.com/noinconsistency/status/2064363755668980006
- Author: ♡ mari/cohe ♡ (@noinconsistency)
- Posted: 2026-06-09 15:07:28
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1/ @noinconsistency
i’m crying i found a “minimal” vulkan example and the file has 2,000 lines of C++
2/ @AgileJebrim
@noinconsistency
It’s possible to do it in about 300-400 lines.
3/ @0xglitchbyte
@AgileJebrim @noinconsistency
VulkanHPP?
4/ @AgileJebrim
@0xglitchbyte @noinconsistency
Compute shaders
5/ @0xglitchbyte
@AgileJebrim @noinconsistency
While technically possible, arent shaders usually for compute intensive tasks such as physics simulations or image manipulation? Seem overkill to render a triangle
6/ @AgileJebrim
@0xglitchbyte @noinconsistency
Why assume it has to be a triangle? A simple screen space gradient would suffice.
7/ @AgileJebrim
@0xglitchbyte @noinconsistency
Compute shaders can be used for anything. Vertex and fragment shaders are really just abstractions built on top of them.
8/ @0xglitchbyte
@AgileJebrim @noinconsistency
Triangles seems to be the “hello world” of graphics programming.
I’ll explore this.
9/ @AgileJebrim
@0xglitchbyte @noinconsistency
Only because the interface they’re using is one based around triangular rasterization. If you ditch the triangle-based pipeline, then it’s not really suitable as a Hello World. Here’s a screen space alternative.
