Strange Attractors
Details
- External ID
- 45777810
- Source
- HN
- Company
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- Product
- Strange Attractors
- Website domain
- shashanktomar.com
- Launched
- Oct. 31, 2025
- Cohort
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- Upvotes
- 804
- Upvotes percentile
- 1.0
- Tags
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- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
I went down the rabbit hole on a side project and ended up building this: Strange Attractors(https://blog.shashanktomar.com/posts/strange-attractors). It’s built with three.js.Working on it reminded me of the little "maths for fun" exercises I used to do while learning programming in early days. Just trying things out, getting fascinated and geeky, and being surprised by the results. I spent way too much time on this, but it was extreme fun.My favorite part: someone pointed me to the Simone Attractor on Threads. It is a 2D attractor and I asked GPT to extrapolate it to 3D, not sure if it’s mathematically correct, but it’s the coolest by far. I have left all the params configurable, so give it a try. I called it Simone (Maybe).If you like math-art experiments, check it out. Would love feedback, especially from folks who know more about the math side.
Enrichment
- Theme
- interactive simulations and creative experiments
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
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- Audience
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- AI stance
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- Project type
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- Normalized one-liner
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- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes Visualizing mathematical strange attractors is straightforward to vibe-code using Three.js particle systems, WebGL shaders, and classical differential equations.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Google Gemini for code translation, Touchdesigner for attractor rendering, LLM for old code modernization
Concerns raised: Butterfly effect explanation is technically inaccurate (parameter vs state confusion), Difficulty visualizing 4D space with human brain
Feature requests: Keep initial particles' color to track system evolution, Add interactive gaming experiences (hiding, racing, Frogger-style), Support 4D visualization and rotation capabilities
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