Yeah it's quite something. If anyone wants a preview, here's the triangle hello world in vulkan: https://gist.github.com/Overv/7ac07356037592a121225172d7d78f...
But then again, I've heard that it's this low level because its meant for engine developers.
Oh wow that's horrible.
Really? How low is this level actually? Because I remember my OpenGL class' professor did this in less than 50 lines.
Imagine writing GlCreateContext yourself, for starters, as has been done in the link I posted.