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LunarG
Company blog · lunarg.comhardwareprogramming
LunarG is the company blog at lunarg.com, writing about hardware and programming. Since 2014, 16 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “KosmicKrisp a Vulkan on Metal Mesa 3D Graphics Driver”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-15, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link LunarG's posts on Vulkan on Apple platforms, including its Vulkan-on-Metal conformance news, a KosmicKrisp overview, and an FAQ on Microsoft and Vulkan support. The comments mostly give bare links or cite the posts as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
LunarG provides the tools, expertise, and passion you need to keep moving forward and deliver innovative, quality products.
Most-linked posts?
- KosmicKrisp a Vulkan on Metal Mesa 3D Graphics Driver3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-08-08
- /faqs/microsoft-support-vulkan/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-02-07
What Hacker News says?
https://www.lunarg.com/lunarg-at-xdc-2025-kosmickrisp-overvi...
Comment linking /lunarg-at-xdc-2025-kosmickrisp-overview/
on “Steam Machine”Submitted Valve sponsors Mesa development as a story · 217 points
HN discussionLunarG is working on first party Vulkan driver for MacOS https://www.lunarg.com/lunarg-achieves-vulkan-1-3-conformanc... . My understanding is performance is worse than MoltenVK at this point, but it's getting there.
Comment linking /lunarg-achieves-vulkan-1-3-conformance-with-kosmickrisp-on-apple-silicon/
on “Valve reveals it’s the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm”Submitted KosmicKrisp a Vulkan on Metal Mesa 3D Graphics Driver as a story · 23 points
HN discussionhttps://www.lunarg.com/faqs/microsoft-support-vulkan/ Microsoft won't support Vulkan officially, and apps would have to install their own Vulkan drivers.
Comment linking /faqs/microsoft-support-vulkan/
on “Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API”Submitted LunarG Releases GFXReconstruct, a New Vulkan Capture/Replay Tool as a story · 3 points
HN discussion> Why not use the one supported by Google, and MS, Vulkan? https://www.lunarg.com/faqs/microsoft-support-vulkan/ "Microsoft has not expressed intent to support Vulkan."
Comment linking /faqs/microsoft-support-vulkan/
on “Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API”Submitted KosmicKrisp Achieves Vulkan 1.4 Conformance on Apple Silicon as a story · 2 points
HN discussionLunarG, Inc. (LunarG.com) | 3D Graphics Software Engineer | Fort Collins, CO, USA (Onsite/Hybrid/Remote) LunarG is an independent software consultancy offering the opportunity to work on diverse technologies. Our projects span open source and proprietary work, collaborating with clients in game development, AR/VR, medical, and GPU markets. We take pride in supporting open standards from Khronos, providing the satisf…
Comment linking /lunarg-job-posting-3d-graphics-software-engineer-01-02-2024/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2024)”Submitted You little Chicken Bit – A big performance gain in Intel’s Mesa driver as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSeems like a good time to mention that LunarG’s Vulkan-on-Metal wrapper reached Vulkan 1.4 conformance recently. https://www.lunarg.com/the-state-of-vulkan-on-apple-oct-2026... Now we need Mesa’s OpenGL-on-Vulkan to be production-ready when running on KosmicKrisp https://docs.mesa3d.org/drivers/zink.html
Comment linking /the-state-of-vulkan-on-apple-oct-2026/
on “macOS 15.8.2 Breaks OpenGL”Submitted A Vulkan on Metal Mesa 3D Graphics Driver as a story · 1 points
HN discussionNo, OSX supports Vulkan. https://www.lunarg.com/benefits-of-the-vulkan-macos-sdk/ https://vulkan.lunarg.com/
Comment linking /benefits-of-the-vulkan-macos-sdk/
on “Accurate N64 emulation gets resolution upscaling powered by Vulkan (RetroArch)”Submitted A Vulkan on Metal Mesa 3D Graphics Driver as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 2021 Vulkan Ecosystem Survey Results as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 2021 Vulkan Ecosystem and SDK Survey Results [pdf] as a story · 1 points
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