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Life & fun · June 18, 2021

Raytracer with both C++ and CUDA back ends

C++ raytracer that supports custom models. Supports running the calculations on the CPU using C++11 threads or in the GPU via CUDA. - maxilevi/raytracer

Raytracer with both C++ and CUDA back ends launched on June 18, 2021 with 5 votes, #1,710 of 3,650 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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