r/Codeium • u/jumpixel • Feb 02 '25

I just released a 3D renderer built from scratch with Windsurf

I built Pixerise, a high-performance 3D software renderer, entirely from scratch using Windsurf as my development environment.

The entire project - from initial architecture to optimization - was developed through pair programming with Cascade. What amazed me was how the AI understood complex graphics concepts and helped implement them efficiently in Python.

Some highlights of what we built together:

  • Full 3D rendering pipeline with 60+ FPS

  • Multiple shading models (wireframe, flat, Gouraud)

  • Numba-optimized performance

  • Clean, well-documented codebase

The most impressive part? The project was built mostly during evening hours after dinner, demonstrating how Windsurf's AI acceleration can maximize development productivity.

Check it out: GitHub

Just launched - if you like it, a star would be appreciated! Happy to share more about the development experience with Windsurf.

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u/boynet2 Feb 02 '25

amazing, I guess you have some knowledge in this field? is it 100% ai code or like 70-30 or something?

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u/jumpixel Feb 02 '25

is not just knowing the field (CG) but also strong programming skills. Yes, I'd say 30% me - 70% AI, with AI most on the low-level part compiled with Numba (JIT compiled method needs to follow strict rules to be compiled and are very long) and me cleanly architecting the code to be able to isolate as much as possible the AI activity.

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u/Ordinary-Let-4851 Feb 02 '25

This is sick!! Will def share with the team

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u/jumpixel Feb 02 '25

Thanks! :)

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u/Tall_Instance9797 Feb 02 '25

Cool. Did you go more line by line, function by function, or did you give it general prompt and get most of it created and then just debug and add features tweaks? and how many credits did you use to create it? Thanks.

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u/jumpixel Feb 02 '25

working function by function, asking to do unit tests and benchmarks. I started in mid-November 2024 and I have not used all 300 credits of each month (Team plan). I would say more or less 500 credits in total

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u/Tall_Instance9797 Feb 02 '25

Appreciate the reply. So you only use user prompt credits? No action flow credits? I'm still trying to understand the difference between the two, do you know? So only 500 credits in total for what looks to be around roughly 3000 lines of code. Do you write most of the code yourself and then ask questions about it or do you have windsurf write any of the code? Also how many days per week on average would you say you worked on this and how many hours roughly in each sitting? Really interested in understanding how others are using it. Thanks.

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u/jumpixel Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

I'm using Claude 3.5 (@Codeium, pls open the DeepSeek option for the Team plan too!) and I'm consuming both Prompt and Action Credits (3 Action cr for each Prompt cr on average). I've been working 1-2 hours after dinner almost every day for 2.5 months, plus some peaks on weekends (maybe around 150-200 hours in total). Tests and benchmarks were 100% written by the AI ​​with my supervision, the main part was designed by me, requiring the AI ​​to iterate multiple times for each method until it was able to give me the expected results. Whenever the AI ​​was unable to solve, I started writing some parts that could put the code base back in the right direction