QuickStart Guide to Vulkan Compute

A worthwhile addition to my shelf, with realistic expectations.

I have been working with graphics & gpu for a few years now and I still found plenty here that was new to me. The author is unusually honest about where the simplifications break down, which I appreciated. The author is unusually honest about where the simplifications break down, which I appreciated. A good addition to a technical library, as long as you know what you are buying.

The clearest explanation of graphics & gpu I have come across.

I picked this up after getting stuck on a project and it turned out to be exactly the right book at the right time. The examples are small enough to type out and experiment with, which is exactly what I want from a book like this. The author is unusually honest about where the simplifications break down, which I appreciated. This is the book I wish had existed when I started working with graphics & gpu.

Genuinely excellent — I finished it in a week and immediately started again.

This is the third book I have read on graphics & gpu this year, and it is comfortably the best of them. The explanations are careful without being condescending, which is a difficult balance to strike. The examples are small enough to type out and experiment with, which is exactly what I want from a book like this. Some of the diagrams are dense and I had to reread a few sections, though that may just be me. One of those books that pays for itself within the first few chapters. Highly recommended.