There’s a certain opinion that graphics programming is a lot more difficult than it used to be. The so-called “Modern APIs”, that is, Direct3D 12, Metal, and Vulkan, introduce a new graphics programming paradigm that can be difficult and opaque to someone new to the field. Bizarrely, they can be even more difficult for someone who grew up on older APIs like “classic” OpenGL. Compared to what you might be used to, it seems surprisingly heavy, and the amount of “boilerplate” is ve...
