Can someone eli5 ubershaders?

[alumni]

What are they?

[Helios]

https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2017/07/30/ubershaders/

should explain it well.

Specifically, look at

https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2017/07/30/ubershaders/#the-problem

and

https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2017/07/30/ubershaders/#write-an-interpreter-for-the-gamecubewii-rendering-pipeline-within-shaders-and-run-it-on-the-host-graphics-card

and

https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2017/07/30/ubershaders/#hybrid-mode-ubershaders


tl;dr: no more stuttering when compiling shaders.

[alumni]

Awesome, thanks