Background

These talks and articles discuss the background of Use.GPU and the architecture of the Live effect run-time.

LambdaConf 2024

• Why is GPU programming still such a niche?
• Why do even seasoned programmers struggle with it?
• Why is it a bad proposition for businesses, in-house or 3rd party?
• How does reactive and declarative programming fit into this?

Use.GPU

• The Case for Use.GPU
  Why GPU programming is so different, why existing approaches fall short, and how to fix it.

• Frickin' Shaders with Frickin' Laser Beams
  On shader closures and the Use.GPU shader linker and tree shaker.

• On Variance and Extensibility
  How to design extensible, composable systems.

Live

These articles explain Effect-based programming and how to combine it with a data-flow and memoization perspective.

• Climbing Mount Effect - Effect-based programming
• Reconcile All The Things - Memoization and reconciliation
• Live - Headless React - Live run-time and WebGPU