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Posted by shashanktomar 10/31/2025

Show HN: Strange Attractors(blog.shashanktomar.com)
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.

804 points | 78 commentspage 5
sometimes_all 11/1/2025|
This gives me Johnny Quest theme song vibes.
imoverclocked 11/1/2025||
Reminds me of the xscreensaver, “strange” :)
sunjester 11/1/2025||
reminds me of phong. https://phong.com/
Atiscant 11/1/2025||
Absolutely great. Thank you for sharing.
cs702 10/31/2025||
Beautiful.

Thank you for sharing this on HN.

HeliumHydride 11/1/2025||
How can I code my own attractor?
dmbche 11/1/2025|
Pick one and implement it. Find the equations to the lorentz attractor and use those if you need a suggestion.
hshdhdhehd 11/1/2025||
Very pleasant to watch!
aenis 11/1/2025||
Fabulous.

Now I just need to find a monochrome laser projector and my home office design is complete.

_aobj 11/1/2025|
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