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A trip through the Graphics Pipeline (2011)

https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline-2011-index/

15•kruuuder•4d ago

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AshleysBrain•2h ago

I read through this guide a while back and it is great. However it's fairly old now being from 2011 - are there any updated guides or explanations of what's changed since then?

flohofwoe•2h ago

I don't think all that much has changed except for the addition of meshlet and raytracing stages:

The 'descriptors are hard' article is a nice modern compagnion IMHO:

https://www.gfxstrand.net/faith/blog/2022/08/descriptors-are...

Also the D3D12 functional spec might be useful too:

https://microsoft.github.io/DirectX-Specs/

Avoid UUIDv4 Primary Keys

https://andyatkinson.com/avoid-uuid-version-4-primary-keys

80•pil0u•2h ago•68 comments

Adafruit: Arduino’s Rules Are ‘Incompatible With Open Source’

https://thenewstack.io/adafruit-arduinos-rules-are-incompatible-with-open-source/

237•MilnerRoute•17h ago•124 comments

Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/robot-vacuum-roomba-maker-files-for-bankruptcy-after...

226•nreece•11h ago•247 comments

Unscii

http://viznut.fi/unscii/

137•Levitating•8h ago•9 comments

Arborium: Tree-sitter code highlighting with Native and WASM targets

https://arborium.bearcove.eu/

126•zdw•8h ago•20 comments

Optery (YC W22) Hiring CISO, Release Manager, Tech Lead (Node), Full Stack Eng

https://www.optery.com/careers/

1•beyondd•12m ago

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)

299•david927•19h ago•954 comments

If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?

https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-30/if-ai-replaces-workers-should-it-also-pay-taxes....

166•PaulHoule•11h ago•261 comments

$5 whale listening hydrophone making workshop

https://exclav.es/2025/08/03/dinacon-2025-passive-acoustic-listening/

44•gsf_emergency_6•4d ago•16 comments

John Varley has died

http://floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2025/12/john-varley-1947-2025.html

85•decimalenough•9h ago•36 comments

The Problem of Teaching Physics in Latin America (1963)

https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/46/2/LatinAmerica.htm

52•rramadass•15h ago•39 comments

The Java Ring: A Wearable Computer (1998)

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/javaring-wearable-computer/

7•cromulent•4d ago•4 comments

Rob Reiner has died

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rob-reiner-dead-harry-met-sally-princess-brid...

118•RickJWagner•8h ago•44 comments

Show HN: I wrote a book – Debugging TypeScript Applications (in beta)

https://pragprog.com/titles/aodjs/debugging-typescript-applications/

20•ozornin•6d ago•9 comments

The Whole App is a Blob

https://drobinin.com/posts/the-whole-app-is-a-blob/

98•valzevul•8h ago•50 comments

A trip through the Graphics Pipeline (2011)

https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline-2011-index/

15•kruuuder•4d ago•2 comments

AI agents are starting to eat SaaS

https://martinalderson.com/posts/ai-agents-are-starting-to-eat-saas/

162•jnord•12h ago•178 comments

Hashcards: A plain-text spaced repetition system

https://borretti.me/article/hashcards-plain-text-spaced-repetition

342•thomascountz•19h ago•151 comments

JSDoc is TypeScript

https://culi.bearblog.dev/jsdoc-is-typescript/

176•culi•16h ago•204 comments

CapROS: Capability-Based Reliable Operating System

https://www.capros.org/

89•gjvc•11h ago•34 comments

Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions

https://github.com/pretzelhammer/rust-blog/blob/master/posts/common-rust-lifetime-misconceptions.md

46•CafeRacer•6h ago•9 comments

Read Something Wonderful

https://readsomethingwonderful.com/

132•snorbleck•7h ago•19 comments

The History of Xerox

https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-history-of-xerox

28•rbanffy•3d ago•2 comments

Rio de Janeiro's talipot palm trees bloom for the first and only time

https://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-talipot-palm-flamengo-park-dcfb1ce237af7a10ab72205fc9bbdc02

171•1659447091•1w ago•39 comments

Elevated errors across many models

https://status.claude.com/incidents/9g6qpr72ttbr

303•pablo24602•14h ago•144 comments

Running on Empty: Copper

https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/running-on-empty-copper

69•the-needful•6d ago•48 comments

In the Beginning was the Command Line (1999)

https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs81n/command.txt

159•wseqyrku•1w ago•76 comments

An attempt to articulate Forth's practical strengths and eternal usefulness

https://im-just-lee.ing/forth-why-cb234c03.txt

68•todsacerdoti•1w ago•35 comments

Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forced-to-use-ai-until-the

6•thm•1h ago•0 comments

Price of a bot army revealed across online platforms

https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/price-bot-army-global-index

160•teleforce•20h ago•71 comments