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		AHTERIX5000 39 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine... What about new features? There are many small features that can't be used via older APIs and bigger ones like accelerated ray tracing.

bsder 39 days ago [–]

Sure, but then you've already thrown away the possibility of using "simpler" APIs that everybody is whining that DX12/Vulkan is more complicated than.

Programmers should absolutely not be using DX12/Vulkan unless they understand exactly why they should be using it.

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