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You don't have a tiny brain--programming Vulkan/DX12 sucks.

The question you need to ask is: "Do I need my graphics to be multithreaded?"

If the answer is "No"--don't use Vulkan/DX12! You wind up with all the complexity and absolutely zero of the benefits.

If performance isn't a problem, using anything else--OpenGL, DirectX 11, game engines, etc.

Once performance becomes the problem, then you can think about Vulkan/DX12.

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What about new features? There are many small features that can't be used via older APIs and bigger ones like accelerated ray tracing.

Sure, but then you've already thrown away the possibility of using "simpler" APIs that everybody is whining that DX12/Vulkan is more complicated than.

Programmers should absolutely not be using DX12/Vulkan unless they understand exactly why they should be using it.

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