In my experience shaders are one of those things that doesn't really get enough use in data viz because of how inaccessible the langauage is. Sure CUDA is great

In my experience shaders are one of those things that doesn't really get enough use in data viz because of how inaccessible the langauage is. Sure CUDA is great, but it requires a ton of libraries and specific GPUs. What makes shaders so useful as a tool is that they work nearly everywhere and when they work they're super fast.