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From: Sadeep Madurange <sadeep@asciimx.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:18:22 +0800
Subject: wip: matrix.

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           <h6 class="center">12 JANUARY 2024</h5>
           <br>
           <div class="twocol justify"><p>“All I see is blonde, brunette, red head.” The iconic digital rain from The
-Matrix, implemented in C, without dependencies (not even ncurses).</p>
+Matrix implemented in C without dependencies (not even ncurses).</p>
 
 <video style="max-width:100%;" controls="" poster="thumb.png">
   <source src="matrix.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
 </video>
 
-<p>This project is a fork of Domsson’s beautiful <a href="https://github.com/domsson/fakesteak" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fakesteak</a>. Use the following commands to compile
-and run the program:</p>
+<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2>
+
+<p>This is my fork of Domsson’s beautiful <a href="https://github.com/domsson/fakesteak" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fakesteak</a>. As I was going through the fakesteak
+code, I thought about what it might take to recreate the original rain from the
+first Matrix movie without losing the program’s minimalism and elegance.</p>
+
+<p>My version of the matrix has the following features:</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>Unicode characters.</li>
+  <li>Fully customizable 24-bit RGB (truecolor) colors.</li>
+  <li>Glitches in the matrix.</li>
+  <li>Ghosting effect of old monochrome displays.</li>
+  <li>Closely resembles the one seen in the background while Neo and Cypher were
+talking in the first Matrix movie.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>As there are no dependencies, you can compile and run it however you want:</p>
 
 <div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>$ cc -O3 main.c -o matrix
 $ ./matrix
 </code></pre></div></div>
 
-<p>While I loved Domsson’s take on the
-digital rain, what blew my mind was the minimalistic elegance of his code. As I
-carefully examined it, I thought about what it might take to recreate the
-original digital rain from the first Matrix movie with it. The challenge is
-adding these features without destroying fakesteak’s elegance.</p>
-
 <h2 id="how-does-it-work">How does it work?</h2>
 
-<p>The <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">matrix</code> struct makes use of three 2D arrays to encode the Matrix: the
-<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">code</code> array for 32-bit Unicode characters, the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">rgb</code> array for 24-bit RGB
-values of the character (foreground color), and the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">shade</code> array for the
-degree of transparency of the character to simulate the ghosting effect of old
-monochrome displays. The dimensions of these arrays depend on the size of the
-terminal screen. Each slot in the array corresponds to a cursor position on the
-screen.</p>
+<p>The <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">matrix</code> struct makes use of two 2D arrays to encode the Matrix: the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">code</code>
+array for 32-bit Unicode characters and the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">rgb</code> array for RGB values of the
+characters (foreground color). The dimensions of these arrays depend on the
+size of the terminal window. Each slot in the array corresponds to a cursor
+position on the screen.</p>
 
 <p>The ghosting effect, which is arguably the crowning feature of my version, is
 implemented by carefully scaling and mixing the RGB channels:</p>
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