Richard S. Wright Jr

A reminder that I have 50 blogs on beginning astrophotography over @SkyandTelescope that are free. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-blog…

@erfmufn LMAO!

@erfmufn I did a lot of cool stuff on my first computer. 16kb. Kb. Not a typo ;)

If you can’t imagine building something amazing with less than 8gb ram, I pity you. The whole internet and was built on machines with less. 💻

Point release on MacOS. KosmicKrisp is moving quickly.

Come and see the SkyWatcher USA 100mm Heliostar at the Winter Star Party (SCAS). It’s the only production model in North America. What? You’re not coming to WSP? Tsk tsk… aren’t you missing out!

My locale for the next few days. @thekhronosgroup @VulkanAPI

Yep, that’s me.

I suspect there is an amateur astronomer on the team over at @NoMansSky somewhere :)

📢 The 2026 LunarG Vulkan Ecosystem Survey is LIVE! Your feedback shapes Vulkan's future: SDK tools, validation layers, extensions, platform support & more. Quick, anonymous, and it helps every dev in the ecosystem. Take it now! 👉 surveymonkey.com/r/LRFD7V6 To see the results from last year's survey, check out our just-released 2025 Ecosystem Survey progress report: lunarg.com/2025-ecosystem… #Vulkan #GraphicsAPI @KhronosGroup @VulkanAPI

My "How to Vulkan in 2026" @VulkanAPI #Vulkan guide is now publicly available at howtovulkan.com I still consider it a preview, though I'm mostly happy with it and only plan on changing minor things and incorporating some feedback.

KosmicKrisp is here.

@skysafariastro Hey, nice image there!

I recently reprocessed some 9 year old data on Bodes Galaxy. Didn't come out too bad. eveningshow.com/2025/06/revisi…

It's been zero days since I last typed = instead of == in my C++ code.

I just saw that my favorite game, No Mans Sky, uses @VulkanAPI on Windows and Steamdeck. Heck yeah! @hellogames

@AstroTanja Welcome back! The sky has been waiting for you. ;)

Backyard astrophotography is so rewarding - because it’s so challenging. Coming back online after nearly a decade away, … putting in a lot of time on 2 targets I’ve never been able to shoot well in the southern hemisphere ⭐️

@hellogames I would be thrilled to enable an option to take a few extra seconds when teleporting to a complex base to give it more time to load without glitches.

I have iOS 26 and macOS 26 installed now. My initial impression is I sure miss Jony Ive....

Heads up if you are on macOS and using the #Qt framework. XCode 26 and macOS 26 will require Qt 6.9.2 to build anything, as AGL has been removed. The older Qt versions still link to it internally.

We’re presenting a talk on KosmicKrisp at #XDC2025! 🍏🪐 A new Vulkan-to-Metal driver built on Mesa’s framework: ✅ How we did it ✅ Demo running live content ✅ Future plans for the Vulkan macOS SDK Event info: #20250930.detailed" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/timet…🚀 #Vulkan #Mesa3D #KosmicKrisp

Another great space music selection on this weeks @heartsofspace

Some days I feel like an imposter. Some days I feel like, "I am OZ, the great and powerful!". Then I realize, "oh yeah, he was actually an imposter...". Regardless, stepping back, I see progress over a period of time, and that's what really matters.