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Raph investigates an issue with a slow shader, which ends up being caused by the shader compiler being overly conservative about cache coherency. — davidbalbert

This post presents an efficient and accurate solution to cubic Bézier curve fitting, along with some insight into what makes this a hard problem. — Mai

Raph demonstrates the use of Euler spirals as a simpler and more efficient representation for computing parallel curves. — Mai

A new model for a path-drawing pen tool that uses "hyperbezier" curves, which have two control points. — nicholasbs

Raph wrote an overview of how text layout works. He's been working on text layout and rendering for over 35 years. — davidbalbert

Raph continues to explore the best ways to build reactive user interfaces, with a focus on Rust. — davidbalbert

A blog post covering the history of the compositor introduced in Mac OS X and the tradeoffs it demands. — Mai

A look back at Raph's experiences building Xi, a novel text editor written in Rust. — davidbalbert

An overview of a new architecture for high-performance, 2D vector graphics rendering on the GPU. — nicholasbs

A detailed overview of how GPUs work and approaches for effectively using GPUs for general purpose computing. — davidbalbert