update

app/security/security.py

@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@ async def pigeonhole_principle_simulation(request: Request):
     return templates.TemplateResponse(
         request=request, name="pigeonhole.html"
     )
+
+@security_router.get("/noise-letter")
+async def noise_letter_visualization(request: Request):
+    return templates.TemplateResponse(
+        request=request, name="noise_letter.html"
+    )

app/static/js/noise_letter.js

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+
+async function loadFile(url) {
+    const res = await fetch(url);
+    return res.text();
+}
+
+function compileShader(gl, source, type) {
+    const shader = gl.createShader(type);
+    gl.shaderSource(shader, source);
+    gl.compileShader(shader);
+    if (!gl.getShaderParameter(shader, gl.COMPILE_STATUS)) {
+        console.error('Shader compile error:', gl.getShaderInfoLog(shader));
+        gl.deleteShader(shader);
+        return null;
+    }
+    return shader;
+}
+
+function createTexture(gl) {
+    const tex = gl.createTexture();
+    gl.bindTexture(gl.TEXTURE_2D, tex);
+    // Set parameters so we can handle non-power-of-2 images if needed
+    gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_WRAP_S, gl.CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+    gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_WRAP_T, gl.CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+    gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, gl.LINEAR);
+    gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, gl.LINEAR);
+    return tex;
+}
+
+
+function updateCharTexture(gl, texture, text) {
+    const height = 256;
+    // Dynamic width based on text length, min 1
+    const chars = Math.max(1, text.length);
+    const width = 256 * chars;
+
+    const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+    canvas.width = width;
+    canvas.height = height;
+    const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+
+    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+    ctx.fillStyle = 'white';
+    ctx.font = 'bold 200px monospace';
+    ctx.textAlign = 'center';
+    ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
+    ctx.fillText(text, width / 2, height / 2);
+
+    gl.bindTexture(gl.TEXTURE_2D, texture);
+    gl.texImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gl.RGBA, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, canvas);
+
+    return chars; // Return aspect ratio (width/height)
+}
+
+async function main() {
+    const canvas = document.getElementById('glcanvas');
+    const gl = canvas.getContext('webgl');
+
+    if (!gl) {
+        alert('WebGL not supported');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Load Shaders
+    const vsSource = await loadFile('/static/shaders/vertex.glsl');
+    // Using simple Cache Busting for reloading shader during dev if needed, but not strictly necessary here
+    const fsSource = await loadFile('/static/shaders/fragment.glsl');
+
+    const vs = compileShader(gl, vsSource, gl.VERTEX_SHADER);
+    const fs = compileShader(gl, fsSource, gl.FRAGMENT_SHADER);
+
+    const program = gl.createProgram();
+    gl.attachShader(program, vs);
+    gl.attachShader(program, fs);
+    gl.linkProgram(program);
+
+    if (!gl.getProgramParameter(program, gl.LINK_STATUS)) {
+        console.error('Program link error:', gl.getProgramInfoLog(program));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    gl.useProgram(program);
+
+    // Quad Buffer
+    const verts = new Float32Array([
+        -1, -1,
+        1, -1,
+        -1, 1,
+        -1, 1,
+        1, -1,
+        1, 1,
+    ]);
+
+    const buffer = gl.createBuffer();
+    gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, buffer);
+    gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, verts, gl.STATIC_DRAW);
+
+    const posLoc = gl.getAttribLocation(program, 'position');
+    gl.enableVertexAttribArray(posLoc);
+    gl.vertexAttribPointer(posLoc, 2, gl.FLOAT, false, 0, 0);
+
+    // Uniforms
+    const uTime = gl.getUniformLocation(program, 'u_time');
+    const uRes = gl.getUniformLocation(program, 'u_resolution');
+    const uCharPos = gl.getUniformLocation(program, 'u_charPos');
+    const uCharSize = gl.getUniformLocation(program, 'u_charSize');
+    // Texture uniform usually defaults to 0, which is fine
+
+    // State
+    const charTexture = createTexture(gl);
+
+    let charX = 0.5;
+    let charY = 0.5;
+    let charW = 0.5;
+    let charH = 0.5;
+
+    let currentAspect = 1.0;
+
+    // UI Handling
+    const input = document.getElementById('textInput');
+    const btn = document.getElementById('renderBtn');
+
+    function updateText() {
+        // Use placeholder or "A" if empty to avoid 0 size
+        let text = input.value.toUpperCase().substring(0, 12);
+        if (text.length === 0) return;
+
+        currentAspect = updateCharTexture(gl, charTexture, text);
+        resize(); // Recalculate size
+    }
+
+    btn.addEventListener('click', updateText);
+
+    // Initial Text
+    currentAspect = updateCharTexture(gl, charTexture, "HELLO");
+
+    function resize() {
+        // Look up container size
+        const container = canvas.parentElement;
+        canvas.width = container.clientWidth;
+        canvas.height = container.clientHeight;
+        gl.viewport(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+
+        // Adjust aspect ratio
+        const screenAspect = canvas.width / canvas.height;
+
+        // Target: charW / charH = currentAspect / screenAspect
+
+        // Try filling 60% of height
+        charH = 0.6;
+        charW = charH * currentAspect / screenAspect;
+
+        // Constrain width to 95%
+        if (charW > 0.95) {
+            charW = 0.95;
+            charH = charW * screenAspect / currentAspect;
+        }
+
+        charX = 0.5 - charW / 2;
+        charY = 0.5 - charH / 2;
+    }
+    window.addEventListener('resize', resize);
+    resize();
+
+    function render(time) {
+        time *= 0.001; // Seconds
+
+        gl.uniform1f(uTime, time);
+        gl.uniform2f(uRes, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+
+        gl.uniform2f(uCharPos, charX, charY); // uniform needs bottom-left
+        gl.uniform2f(uCharSize, charW, charH);
+
+        gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
+        requestAnimationFrame(render);
+    }
+    requestAnimationFrame(render);
+}
+
+main();

app/static/shaders/fragment.glsl

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+precision mediump float;
+
+uniform float u_time;
+uniform vec2 u_resolution;
+uniform sampler2D u_charTexture;
+uniform vec2 u_charPos; // Normalized 0-1 (Bottom-Left)
+uniform vec2 u_charSize; // Normalized 0-1 (Width, Height)
+
+varying vec2 vUv;
+
+// reliable pseudo-random hash
+float random(vec2 p) {
+    vec3 p3  = fract(vec3(p.xyx) * .1031);
+    p3 += dot(p3, p3.yzx + 33.33);
+    return fract((p3.x + p3.y) * p3.z);
+}
+
+void main() {
+    // Correct UV for aspect ratio if needed, but here we work in screen space mostly
+    
+    // Background Noise
+    // Use floor to ensure we are sampling integer grid, making it purely pixel-noise
+    vec2 gridPos = floor(gl_FragCoord.xy);
+    float bgNoise = random(gridPos);
+    float val = step(0.5, bgNoise); 
+    
+    // Character Composition
+    vec2 charEnd = u_charPos + u_charSize;
+    bool inBox = (vUv.x >= u_charPos.x && vUv.x <= charEnd.x &&
+                  vUv.y >= u_charPos.y && vUv.y <= charEnd.y);
+                  
+    if (inBox) {
+        vec2 texUv = (vUv - u_charPos) / u_charSize;
+        texUv.y = 1.0 - texUv.y; 
+        
+        vec4 texColor = texture2D(u_charTexture, texUv);
+        
+        // Hard threshold to avoid any smooth edges revealing the shape
+        if (texColor.a > 0.5) {
+            // Inner Character Noise - Scrolls Down
+            float scrollSpeed = 200.0;
+            // Calculate scrolled position
+            vec2 scrollCoords = gl_FragCoord.xy;
+            scrollCoords.y += u_time * scrollSpeed;
+            
+            // IMPORTANT: Floor the scrolled coordinates! 
+            // This ensures the noise "pixels" look exactly like the background "pixels" in size and sharpness.
+            // If we don't floor, we get sub-pixel sampling which might look different (smooth/shimmering).
+            vec2 charGridPos = floor(scrollCoords);
+            
+            // Use different seed offset to distinguish content, but same distribution
+            float charNoise = random(charGridPos + vec2(42.0, 99.0)); 
+            val = step(0.5, charNoise);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    gl_FragColor = vec4(vec3(1.0 - val), 1.0);
+}

app/static/shaders/vertex.glsl

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+attribute vec2 position;
+varying vec2 vUv;
+
+void main() {
+    vUv = position * 0.5 + 0.5;
+    gl_Position = vec4(position, 0.0, 1.0);
+}

app/templates/noise_letter.html

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}Noise Letter{% endblock %}
+
+{% block css %}
+<style>
+    .noise-wrapper {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        align-items: center;
+        justify-content: center;
+        min-height: 80vh;
+        background-color: white;
+        color: black;
+        font-family: monospace;
+        padding: 20px;
+        margin-top: 20px;
+    }
+
+    #controls {
+        margin-bottom: 20px;
+        display: flex;
+        gap: 10px;
+        width: 100%;
+        max-width: 600px;
+        justify-content: center;
+    }
+
+    #container {
+        width: 100%;
+        max-width: 1200px;
+        height: 400px;
+        border: 1px solid #ccc;
+        background-color: white;
+    }
+
+    canvas {
+        display: block;
+        width: 100%;
+        height: 100%;
+    }
+</style>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<div class="noise-wrapper rounded-lg">
+    <div id="controls">
+        <input type="text" id="textInput" maxlength="12" placeholder="ENTER TEXT (MAX 12)"
+            class="bg-white border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-full p-2.5 placeholder-gray-400">
+        <button id="renderBtn"
+            class="text-white bg-blue-700 hover:bg-blue-800 focus:ring-4 focus:ring-blue-300 font-medium rounded-lg text-sm px-5 py-2.5 dark:bg-blue-600 dark:hover:bg-blue-700 focus:outline-none dark:focus:ring-blue-800">
+            RENDER
+        </button>
+    </div>
+    <div id="container">
+        <canvas id="glcanvas"></canvas>
+    </div>
+    <p class="mt-4 text-gray-600 text-sm">Visualizing text as noise signal</p>
+</div>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block js %}
+<script src="{{ url_for('static', path='js/noise_letter.js') }}"></script>
+{% endblock %}