Re:OpenGL is getting mesh shaders as well, via GL_EXT_mesh_s...
by exDM69 on Saturday October 11, 2025 @08:17AM
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> I am sadly aware, but I won't switch until the complexity is fixed
It pretty much is by now if you can use Vulkan 1.4 (or even 1.3). It's a pretty lean and mean API once you've got it bootstrapped.
There's still a lot of setup code to get off the ground (device enumeration, extensions and features, swapchain setup, pipeline layouts), but beyond that Vulkan is much nicer to work with than OpenGL. Just gotta get past the initial hurdle.
It pretty much is by now if you can use Vulkan 1.4 (or even 1.3). It's a pretty lean and mean API once you've got it bootstrapped.
There's still a lot of setup code to get off the ground (device enumeration, extensions and features, swapchain setup, pipeline layouts), but beyond that Vulkan is much nicer to work with than OpenGL. Just gotta get past the initial hurdle.