l'empathie mécanique @dpwiz@qoto.org

@flora_pm I want to know a network-amortized amount of dependency cost I would incur on my downstream if I add this one to my library.

`aeson` dependency list looks expansive, but the package can be reasonably expected to end up in pretty much everybody's cache anyway.
`lens` has quite a Kmettverse to it, but it is already used by a lots of other packages too.
Finally, `interpolatedstring-perl6` has a relatively tiny list, but one of the items is `haskell-src-meta` which is 1) a hog for compilation time and 2) is a relatively niche.

So, `aeson` is a relatively no-brainer to add.
`lens` is kinda okay.
But when selecting a text QQ package I'd rather peek around for a few more minutes.

@nomeata I wonder if there is a QR code somewhere in that, leading to the online library of obscure knowledge from the deepest parts of the reality

@reidrac@mastodon.sdf.org if anything, entity queries wouldn't have to jump over each active entity while traversing that list they're all sharing.

@reidrac@mastodon.sdf.org the project looks ripe for using apecs (:

@reidrac@mastodon.sdf.org What to you use for "entities" ? I guess it isn't ECS.. yet (=

@rml IMO, v-t is a bit too conservative. It helps to set up a basic flow of it but doesn't really teach you much of what makes vulkan interesting. vk-guide does a better job of it.

Anyway, it's trawling the specs and forums afterwards while enjoying the new intimate connection to hardware

@rml Ignore vulkan-tutorial unless you're familiar with opengl. Take vkguide.dev instead.

@gregeganSF Witnessing an ability of a bunch of constant matrices to write poetry *at all* is fascinating. Like entering a portal to the world of Blindsight.

@rml VMA is love, VMA is life

I.e. a layer of meta-specialization is desirable that produces a uniform struct with some parameters and puts everything else in specialization constants.

Add push constants and embedded constants for high dynamic range of constantness 😅

Although I see a familiar problem where there's a spectrum between fully static and fully dynamic parameters 🤨

I love #vulkan (spir-v) specialization constants! So much better than mashing strings or macroing defines. Just write your ubershader and let the driver fold, prune and unfold producing a fastest smallest program without sweating a brow at optimization.

#gamedev

@concoloris @jackdaw_ruiz alas, we don't have a *working* search engine that has good results without ads and seo crap