diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 919d94470..26769fc2b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ all-features = true
 [lib]
 
 [features]
-default = ["cross"]
+default = []
 trace = ["serde", "wgc/trace"]
 replay = ["serde", "wgc/replay"]
 # Make Vulkan backend available on platforms where it is by default not, e.g. macOS
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ rev = "41f106d7fc8e2ca49b21aed0919fa6cc67317f7f"
 
 [dependencies]
 arrayvec = "0.5"
+log = "0.4"
 parking_lot = "0.11"
 profiling = { version = "0.1.10", default-features = false } # Need 0.1.10+ to avoid compliation error with proc macros off.
 raw-window-handle = "0.3"
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index f893d173b..674b149fd 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ For the simplest examples without using any helping code (see `framework.rs` her
 
 Notably, `capture` example shows rendering without a surface/window. It reads back the contents and saves them to a file.
 
+All the examples use [WGSL](https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/wgsl.html) shaders unless specified otherwise.
+
 All framework-based examples render to the window.
 
 ## Feature matrix
 | Feature                      | boids  | cube   | mipmap | msaa-line | shadow | skybox | texture-arrays | water  | conservative-raster |
 | ---------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | --------- | ------ | ------ | -------------- | ------ | ------------------- |
-| WGSL shaders                 | :star: | :star: | :star: | :star:    | :star: | :star: |                | :star: | :star:              |
 | vertex attributes            | :star: | :star: |        | :star:    | :star: | :star: | :star:         | :star: |                     |
 | instancing                   | :star: |        |        |           |        |        |                |        |                     |
 | lines and points             |        |        |        | :star:    |        |        |                |        | :star:              |
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ All framework-based examples render to the window.
 | render bundles               |        |        |        | :star:    |        |        |                | :star: |                     |
 | compute passes               | :star: |        |        |           |        |        |                |        |                     |
 | *optional extensions*        |        |        |        |           |        |        | :star:         |        |                     |
+| - SPIR-V shaders             |        |        |        |           |        |        | :star:         |        |                     |
 | - binding indexing           |        |        |        |           |        |        | :star:         |        |                     |
 | - push constants             |        |        |        |           |        |        | :star:         |        |                     |
 | - depth clamping             |        |        |        |           | :star: |        |                |        |                     |
diff --git a/src/backend/direct.rs b/src/backend/direct.rs
index cd7c98533..b76a93ce2 100644
--- a/src/backend/direct.rs
+++ b/src/backend/direct.rs
@@ -1011,6 +1011,11 @@ impl crate::Context for Context {
             implicit_pipeline_ids
         ));
         if let Some(cause) = error {
+            if let wgc::pipeline::CreateRenderPipelineError::Internal { stage, ref error } = cause {
+                log::warn!("Shader translation error for stage {:?}: {}", stage, error);
+                log::warn!("Please report it to https://github.com/gfx-rs/naga");
+                log::warn!("Try enabling `wgpu/cross` feature as a workaround.");
+            }
             self.handle_error(
                 &device.error_sink,
                 cause,
@@ -1053,6 +1058,15 @@ impl crate::Context for Context {
             implicit_pipeline_ids
         ));
         if let Some(cause) = error {
+            if let wgc::pipeline::CreateComputePipelineError::Internal(ref error) = cause {
+                log::warn!(
+                    "Shader translation error for stage {:?}: {}",
+                    wgt::ShaderStage::COMPUTE,
+                    error
+                );
+                log::warn!("Please report it to https://github.com/gfx-rs/naga");
+                log::warn!("Try enabling `wgpu/cross` feature as a workaround.");
+            }
             self.handle_error(
                 &device.error_sink,
                 cause,