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Simulating a Planet on the GPU: Part 1 (2022)

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montebicyclelo ◴[12 Nov 25 08:29 UTC] No.45897696[source]▶
As a hobbyist, shaders is up there as one of the most fun types of programming.. Low-level / relatively simple language, often tied to a satisfying visual result. Once it clicks, it's a cool paradigm to be working in, e.g. "I am coding from the perspective of a single pixel".
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lukan ◴[12 Nov 25 08:32 UTC] No.45897737[source]▶
I found them fun once they work, but if something did not work, debugging them I did not enjoy so much.
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1. jangxx ◴[12 Nov 25 09:25 UTC] No.45898097[source]▶
Nothing like outputting specific colors to see what branch the current pixel is currently running through. It's like printf debugging but colorful and with only three floats of output.