This is cool and nerdy and all, but how this can possibly appeal broadly enough to hit HN front page is beyond my understanding - as is 99% of the article. Sorry, had to say it, feel free to downvote.
I'd rather have an in depth article about SPIR-V on the front page even if I'm not a gfx engineer than another generic, mainstream article that's unrelated to computer stuff. We have already too many of those and we're slowly turning into Ars Technica.