Sure it is, but sometimes it's fun to dive into lower level stuff. Program your own software rasterizer or GUI just to see how that kind of thing can be enginee

Sure it is, but sometimes it's fun to dive into lower level stuff. Program your own software rasterizer or GUI just to see how that kind of thing can be engineered. Plus, modern CPUs are so fast, you can actually do a lot, easily get interactive performances with just software rendering. Also, I would personally say that I feel modern APIs are getting a bit too complex. There's a lot of surface area and platform-specific details that you wish were portable but aren't and you unfortunately have to worry about. The amount of boilerplate code you need just to do a Hello World on something like Vulkan seems daunting. It's kind of nice to be able to build your own framework that you can completely wrap your head around and tailor to your own needs in every way. Then, all you need to worry about in terms of interfacing is how to display pixels at the other end.