Mike Blumenkrantz

About:

Mike Blumenkrantz is a software engineer and open-source contributor who blogs about coding; his work spans browsers, graphics, Wayland, ccache and Mesa, and he holds a degree in philosophy.

Website:

www.supergoodcode.com

Specializations:

Blogger Open-Source Contributor Software engineer (works at Valve Corporation) Software engineer

Interests:

Programming Open Source Code quality Philosophy Software systems (browsers, graphics, Wayland)

Incoming Links:

Timur Kristóf

Outgoing Links:

Alyssa Rosenzweig Dave Airlie Imagination Technologies Interplay of Light

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2025-09-16 • performance optimization cad/cam software zinc radv

The blog post discusses recent improvements in CAD performance, particularly focusing on the zink driver and its optimizations. The author highlights a significant increase in FPS for the catia section of viewperf, achieved by red...

2025-09-09 • programming performance optimization graphics effects drivers

The author discusses their extensive journey in optimizing driver performance using viewperf, a demanding application that tests CPU utilization through numerous draw calls. After months of experimentation, they discovered that th...

2025-10-27 • performance opengl graphics technology guest post apitrace

The blog post introduces a guest post by Konstantin Seurer, focusing on the implementation of a faster method for replaying traces using Apitrace, a tool for capturing and replaying traces of GL and DX applications. The author dis...

2025-05-26 • performance amd radeon atomic and logical operations multithreading gallium needle

The author discusses their recent work on improving Gallium, particularly focusing on performance issues related to atomic operations on AMD CPUs. They express frustration over the challenges of thread pinning and reference counti...

2025-08-29 • performance gpu rendering vulkan zinc chrome

The author discusses recent improvements made to zink performance on tiling GPUs, including renderpass tracking, command stream reordering, and framebuffer discards, which collectively enhance memory bandwidth efficiency. The auth...

2026-01-23 • programming game development graphics effects vulkan extensions

VK_EXT_descriptor_heap is a powerful new Vulkan extension that enhances performance but introduces significant complexity and management challenges for developers.

2025-06-02 • open source software development vulkan mesa 3d zinc

The author discusses the challenges of maintaining open-source projects, particularly focusing on the Mesa ecosystem and the Zink project. They emphasize the importance of maintainers in ensuring software functionality and the con...

2025-07-01 • software development opengl graphics effects vulkan mesa 3d

The post discusses the GL_NV_timeline_semaphore extension, highlighting its significance in improving interoperability between OpenGL and Vulkan by eliminating binary semaphore requirements. It mentions Mesa's long-standing suppor...

2025-10-09 • amd radeon opengl graphics shaders graphics effects video games

The OpenGL/ES Working Group has officially released GL_EXT_mesh_shader, marking it as the largest extension for OpenGL this decade. The release is attributed to significant contributions from AMD, particularly Qiang Yu, who led th...

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