So I just went through this process and I have to slightly disagree. I'm coming from literally no knowledge of low-level graphics programming. My most relevant

So I just went through this process and I have to slightly disagree. I'm coming from literally no knowledge of low-level graphics programming. My most relevant experience is writing against Canvas2D, which is not relevant at all. I first tried WebGPU, and was so overwhelmed with detail that it was nearly impossible to connect the dots. So I went back and decided to learn WebGL first. I know that it's very different, but the whole state machine thing makes it so much easier to understand, at a conceptual level, what you're trying to do. It didn't even take that long, just a couple of weekends and I was already familiar with the basics. I'm not going to waste time trying to become super proficient, but it gives me enough context to go back and try WebGPU again.