[bsder]

You don't have a tiny brain--programming Vulkan/DX12 sucks.

The question you need to ask is: "Do I need my graphics to be multithreaded?"

If the answer is "No"--don't use Vulkan/DX12! You wind up with all the complexity and absolutely zero of the benefits.

If performance isn't a problem, using anything else--OpenGL, DirectX 11, game engines, etc.

Once performance becomes the problem, then you can think about Vulkan/DX12.

[AHTERIX5000]

What about new features? There are many small features that can't be used via older APIs and bigger ones like accelerated ray tracing.

[bsder]

Sure, but then you've already thrown away the possibility of using "simpler" APIs that everybody is whining that DX12/Vulkan is more complicated than.

Programmers should absolutely not be using DX12/Vulkan unless they understand exactly why they should be using it.