Hero copy points below, where the canvas now is

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -11,11 +11,15 @@ The full schema reference lives in
 this repo only notes what's distinctive here:
 
 - **`site.yaml`** rebrands the instance: title `redoal`, its own
-  wordmark, and a `module` hero — `hero.js` in this repo, the drifting
-  "sine swings" band grown from lysbue's logo (pure SVG + CSS, colors
-  from portal's own custom properties, still under
-  prefers-reduced-motion). No input up there: the form's gesture
-  canvas below is the one place a visitor draws. The wordmark is
+  wordmark, and a `module` hero — `hero.js` in this repo, lysbue's
+  "paths" paint worklet brought back and animated: 47 generative
+  turning-function curves (`paths.js`, seeded so every repaint agrees)
+  tracing themselves in from the center. A real CSS Paint Worklet
+  where the API exists (`paths-worklet.js`, driven by a registered
+  `--redoal-t` CSS animation), a canvas with the same generator
+  elsewhere; colors from portal's custom properties, frozen under
+  prefers-reduced-motion. No input up there: the form's gesture canvas
+  below is the one place a visitor draws. The wordmark is
   white-stroked like uhhm's, because portal's light theme lands
   wordmarks as ink via an invert filter.
 - **`type: gesture`** on `index.yaml`'s "Draw a path and see who's near" — the

hero.js

@@ -1,66 +1,56 @@
-// redoal.com's hero: "sine swings" - the drifting layered sine paths
-// from lysbue's logo (the site this content descends from), grown from
-// a clipped 400px circle into a full-width band. No input: the form's
-// gesture canvas below is the one place a visitor draws. Content-owned:
-// portal knows only site.yaml's `hero: {kind: module, module: hero.js}`
-// and the contract - `mount(container) -> handle` with `stop()`; it
-// serves this file same-origin at /site/hero.js, starts it at HTML
-// parse time, adopts it on hydration, and stops it on navigation.
+// redoal.com's hero: lysbue's "paths" paint worklet, animated - the
+// site this content descends from painted its pages with generative
+// turning-function curves (static/worklet/paint/paths.js); this is
+// that field, alive. No input up here: the form's gesture canvas is
+// the one place a visitor draws.
 //
-// Pure SVG + CSS: the strokes take their color from portal's own
-// custom properties (--accent, --ink-dim), so both themes come for
-// free and there's no palette copy to keep in sync. Motion is a CSS
-// keyframe on each layer's transform, disabled under
-// prefers-reduced-motion.
+// Content-owned: portal knows only site.yaml's `hero: {kind: module,
+// module: hero.js}` and the contract - `mount(container) -> handle`
+// with `stop()` - and serves this repo's files same-origin under
+// /site/. Two renderers, one generator (paths.js):
+//
+// - Where the CSS Paint API exists (Chromium), the real thing: the
+//   worklet paints the box's background and a CSS animation on the
+//   registered --redoal-t property drives repaints - no JS per frame.
+// - Elsewhere (Safari, Firefox, WebKitGTK have no Paint API), a
+//   canvas with a requestAnimationFrame loop draws the identical
+//   field, colors read from the page's custom properties.
+//
+// prefers-reduced-motion freezes the field fully drawn either way.
+
+import { makePaths, drawPaths } from './paths.js';
 
 const STYLE_ID = 'redoal-hero-style';
+const CYCLE_MS = 28000;
+const SEED = 7;
+const COUNT = 47;
 
-// One period is 400 units wide; the path is written two periods long
-// so translating by exactly one period loops seamlessly.
-const SWING =
-    'M 0 200 Q 100 100 200 200 Q 300 300 400 200 ' +
-    'Q 500 100 600 200 Q 700 300 800 200 ' +
-    'Q 900 100 1000 200 Q 1100 300 1200 200';
-
-// (y offset, stroke width, opacity, seconds per period, direction)
-const LAYERS = [
-    [0, 6.5, 0.55, 9, 1],
-    [7, 3, 0.45, 11, 1],
-    [9, 1, 0.5, 13, 1],
-    [15, 0.5, 0.6, 17, 1],
-    [-60, 1.5, 0.18, 23, -1],
-    [70, 1, 0.14, 29, -1],
-];
-
-const CSS = `
-.redoal-hero {
+const STYLE_TEXT = `
+.redoal-paths {
   position: absolute;
   inset: 0;
   overflow: hidden;
   pointer-events: none;
+  --redoal-t: 0;
+  --redoal-seed: ${SEED};
+  --redoal-count: ${COUNT};
 }
-.redoal-hero svg {
+.redoal-paths.worklet {
+  background: paint(redoal-paths);
+  animation: redoal-t ${CYCLE_MS}ms linear infinite;
+}
+.redoal-paths canvas {
   position: absolute;
   inset: 0;
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
 }
-.redoal-hero .swing {
-  fill: none;
-  stroke: var(--accent);
-  stroke-linecap: round;
-  animation: redoal-swing var(--dur) linear infinite;
-  animation-direction: var(--dir);
-}
-.redoal-hero .swing.far {
-  stroke: var(--ink-dim);
-}
-@keyframes redoal-swing {
-  from { transform: translateX(0); }
-  to { transform: translateX(-400px); }
+@keyframes redoal-t {
+  from { --redoal-t: 0; }
+  to { --redoal-t: 1; }
 }
 @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
-  .redoal-hero .swing { animation: none; }
+  .redoal-paths.worklet { animation: none; --redoal-t: 0.999; }
 }
 `;
 
@@ -68,67 +58,105 @@ function ensureStyle() {
     if (document.getElementById(STYLE_ID)) return;
     const style = document.createElement('style');
     style.id = STYLE_ID;
-    style.textContent = CSS;
+    style.textContent = STYLE_TEXT;
     document.head.appendChild(style);
 }
 
-const NS = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';
+const reducedMotion = () => window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
 
-class SineSwings {
+function hasPaintApi() {
+    return typeof CSS !== 'undefined' && 'paintWorklet' in CSS && typeof CSS.registerProperty === 'function';
+}
+
+class PathsHero {
     constructor(container) {
         ensureStyle();
         this.root = document.createElement('div');
-        this.root.className = 'redoal-hero';
+        this.root.className = 'redoal-paths';
         this.root.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
-
-        // viewBox 400 wide per period; preserveAspectRatio "slice" so
-        // the band always fills the box and the loop is seamless at
-        // any width - the SVG is 1200 wide but only translates by 400.
-        const svg = document.createElementNS(NS, 'svg');
-        svg.setAttribute('viewBox', '0 0 800 400');
-        svg.setAttribute('preserveAspectRatio', 'xMidYMid slice');
-
-        // The logo's clipped circle, centered - the near layers live
-        // inside it; the far layers drift across the whole band.
-        const defs = document.createElementNS(NS, 'defs');
-        const clip = document.createElementNS(NS, 'clipPath');
-        clip.id = 'redoal-hero-clip';
-        const circle = document.createElementNS(NS, 'circle');
-        circle.setAttribute('cx', '400');
-        circle.setAttribute('cy', '200');
-        circle.setAttribute('r', '150');
-        clip.appendChild(circle);
-        defs.appendChild(clip);
-        svg.appendChild(defs);
-
-        const far = document.createElementNS(NS, 'g');
-        const near = document.createElementNS(NS, 'g');
-        near.setAttribute('clip-path', 'url(#redoal-hero-clip)');
-        // The logo's tilt.
-        near.setAttribute('transform', 'rotate(-13 400 200)');
-
-        for (const [dy, width, opacity, dur, dir] of LAYERS) {
-            const path = document.createElementNS(NS, 'path');
-            path.setAttribute('d', SWING);
-            path.setAttribute('stroke-width', String(width));
-            path.setAttribute('opacity', String(opacity));
-            path.setAttribute('transform', `translate(-200 ${dy})`);
-            const isFar = Math.abs(dy) > 30;
-            path.setAttribute('class', isFar ? 'swing far' : 'swing');
-            path.style.setProperty('--dur', `${dur}s`);
-            path.style.setProperty('--dir', dir < 0 ? 'reverse' : 'normal');
-            (isFar ? far : near).appendChild(path);
-        }
-        svg.append(far, near);
-        this.root.appendChild(svg);
         container.appendChild(this.root);
+        this.stopped = false;
+
+        if (hasPaintApi()) {
+            this.startWorklet();
+        } else {
+            this.startCanvas();
+        }
+    }
+
+    startWorklet() {
+        // Registering makes --redoal-t a real <number> the animation
+        // can interpolate; a second mount in the same document sees it
+        // already registered, which throws and is fine.
+        try {
+            CSS.registerProperty({
+                name: '--redoal-t',
+                syntax: '<number>',
+                inherits: false,
+                initialValue: '0',
+            });
+        } catch {
+            /* already registered */
+        }
+        const url = new URL('./paths-worklet.js', import.meta.url).href;
+        CSS.paintWorklet
+            .addModule(url)
+            .then(() => {
+                if (!this.stopped) this.root.classList.add('worklet');
+            })
+            .catch(() => {
+                if (!this.stopped) this.startCanvas();
+            });
+    }
+
+    startCanvas() {
+        this.canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+        this.root.appendChild(this.canvas);
+        this.ctx = this.canvas.getContext('2d');
+        this.paths = makePaths(SEED, COUNT);
+        this._onResize = () => this.size();
+        window.addEventListener('resize', this._onResize);
+        this.size();
+        if (reducedMotion()) {
+            this.frame(0.999);
+            return;
+        }
+        this.start = performance.now();
+        const loop = (now) => {
+            if (this.stopped) return;
+            this.frame(((now - this.start) % CYCLE_MS) / CYCLE_MS);
+            this.raf = requestAnimationFrame(loop);
+        };
+        this.raf = requestAnimationFrame(loop);
+    }
+
+    size() {
+        const rect = this.root.getBoundingClientRect();
+        const dpr = window.devicePixelRatio || 1;
+        this.w = Math.max(1, rect.width);
+        this.h = Math.max(1, rect.height);
+        this.canvas.width = Math.round(this.w * dpr);
+        this.canvas.height = Math.round(this.h * dpr);
+        this.ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
+        this.frame(this.lastT || 0);
+    }
+
+    frame(t) {
+        this.lastT = t;
+        const cs = getComputedStyle(this.root);
+        const accent = cs.getPropertyValue('--accent').trim() || '#47807e';
+        const dim = cs.getPropertyValue('--ink-dim').trim() || '#6d6c66';
+        drawPaths(this.ctx, this.w, this.h, this.paths, t, [accent, dim]);
     }
 
     stop() {
+        this.stopped = true;
+        if (this.raf) cancelAnimationFrame(this.raf);
+        if (this._onResize) window.removeEventListener('resize', this._onResize);
         this.root.remove();
     }
 }
 
 export function mount(container) {
-    return new SineSwings(container);
+    return new PathsHero(container);
 }

paths-worklet.js

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// CSS Paint Worklet entry for redoal.com's hero: `background:
+// paint(redoal-paths)` on the hero box, animated by the page changing
+// --redoal-t (a registered <number> custom property driven by a CSS
+// animation - every change repaints). Colors arrive as computed input
+// properties, so the worklet follows the theme without a palette copy.
+import { makePaths, drawPaths } from './paths.js';
+
+registerPaint(
+    'redoal-paths',
+    class {
+        static get inputProperties() {
+            return ['--redoal-t', '--redoal-seed', '--redoal-count', '--accent', '--ink-dim'];
+        }
+        paint(ctx, size, props) {
+            const num = (name, fallback) => {
+                const v = parseFloat(props.get(name).toString());
+                return Number.isFinite(v) ? v : fallback;
+            };
+            const seed = num('--redoal-seed', 7);
+            const count = num('--redoal-count', 47);
+            const t = num('--redoal-t', 0);
+            if (!this.paths || this.seed !== seed || this.count !== count) {
+                this.paths = makePaths(seed, count);
+                this.seed = seed;
+                this.count = count;
+            }
+            const accent = props.get('--accent').toString().trim() || '#47807e';
+            const dim = props.get('--ink-dim').toString().trim() || '#6d6c66';
+            drawPaths(ctx, size.width, size.height, this.paths, t % 1, [accent, dim]);
+        }
+    },
+);

paths.js

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+// The generator behind redoal.com's hero - a port of lysbue's
+// "paths" CSS paint worklet (static/worklet/paint/paths.js): a path is
+// a turning function, a list of (angle shift, distance) stops walked
+// from the center and smoothed into quadratic arcs. Shared verbatim by
+// the paint worklet (paths-worklet.js, where the browser has the CSS
+// Paint API) and the canvas fallback (hero.js) so both draw the same
+// field. Everything is seeded: a worklet is instantiated whenever the
+// engine likes, and unseeded randomness would reshuffle the picture on
+// every repaint.
+
+export function mulberry32(seed) {
+    let a = seed >>> 0;
+    return () => {
+        a |= 0;
+        a = (a + 0x6d2b79f5) | 0;
+        let t = Math.imul(a ^ (a >>> 15), 1 | a);
+        t = (t + Math.imul(t ^ (t >>> 7), 61 | t)) ^ t;
+        return ((t ^ (t >>> 14)) >>> 0) / 4294967296;
+    };
+}
+
+function isInBounds(x, y) {
+    return x > -0.5 && x < 0.5 && y > -0.5 && y < 0.5;
+}
+
+// Flat array of (angle shift, distance) pairs; distance 1 = the
+// frame's short side. The first pair is the start: absolute angle and
+// distance from the center.
+export function createTurningFunction(rand, stopCount) {
+    const turning = [rand() * Math.PI * 2, rand() * 0.3];
+    let radianSum = turning[0];
+    let x = Math.cos(turning[0]) * turning[1];
+    let y = Math.sin(turning[0]) * turning[1];
+    for (let i = 0; i < stopCount; i++) {
+        let shiftAngle = 0, shiftDistance = 0.1, next = radianSum;
+        for (let j = 0; j < 80; j++) {
+            shiftAngle = Math.pow(1 + rand() * 4, -2) * Math.PI * 2 * (rand() > 0.5 ? -1 : 1);
+            shiftDistance = Math.max(rand() * 0.25, 0.05);
+            next = radianSum + shiftAngle;
+            if (isInBounds(x + Math.cos(next) * shiftDistance, y + Math.sin(next) * shiftDistance)) break;
+        }
+        radianSum = next;
+        x += Math.cos(radianSum) * shiftDistance;
+        y += Math.sin(radianSum) * shiftDistance;
+        turning.push(shiftAngle, shiftDistance);
+    }
+    return turning;
+}
+
+// Smooth the stops into quadratic arcs (control point = half a step
+// along the previous heading, like the original) and flatten each arc
+// into `samples` points so the curve can be traced progressively.
+export function turningFunctionToPoints(turning, samples = 14) {
+    const pts = [];
+    let heading = turning[0];
+    let x = Math.cos(turning[0]) * turning[1];
+    let y = Math.sin(turning[0]) * turning[1];
+    pts.push(x, y);
+    for (let i = 2; i < turning.length; i += 2) {
+        const cx = x + Math.cos(heading) * (turning[i + 1] / 2);
+        const cy = y + Math.sin(heading) * (turning[i + 1] / 2);
+        heading += turning[i];
+        const nx = x + Math.cos(heading) * turning[i + 1];
+        const ny = y + Math.sin(heading) * turning[i + 1];
+        for (let s = 1; s <= samples; s++) {
+            const u = s / samples, v = 1 - u;
+            pts.push(v * v * x + 2 * v * u * cx + u * u * nx, v * v * y + 2 * v * u * cy + u * u * ny);
+        }
+        x = nx;
+        y = ny;
+    }
+    return pts;
+}
+
+export function makePaths(seed, count, stops = 10) {
+    const rand = mulberry32(seed);
+    const paths = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        paths.push(turningFunctionToPoints(createTurningFunction(rand, stops)));
+    }
+    return paths;
+}
+
+// t in [0, 1) is the animation phase. Each path traces itself in over
+// one cycle, offset by its index so the field is always mid-draw, and
+// fades as it completes; the whole field drifts slowly and a soft
+// wave runs through every line. `colors` is [accent, dim] - the
+// palette comes from the page's own custom properties either way.
+export function drawPaths(ctx, width, height, paths, t, colors) {
+    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+    const s = Math.min(width, height) * 0.9;
+    ctx.save();
+    ctx.translate(width / 2, height / 2);
+    ctx.rotate(t * Math.PI * 2 * 0.08);
+    ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+    ctx.lineCap = 'round';
+    ctx.lineJoin = 'round';
+    const n = paths.length;
+    const wave = t * Math.PI * 2;
+    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        const pts = paths[i];
+        const phase = (t + i / n) % 1;
+        // ease: quick to appear, long to complete
+        const progress = Math.min(1, phase * 1.35);
+        const count = Math.max(2, Math.floor((pts.length / 2) * progress));
+        const alpha = phase < 0.85 ? 0.75 : 0.75 * (1 - (phase - 0.85) / 0.15);
+        ctx.strokeStyle = i % 3 === 0 ? colors[0] : colors[1];
+        ctx.globalAlpha = alpha * (i % 3 === 0 ? 1 : 0.55);
+        ctx.beginPath();
+        for (let k = 0; k < count; k++) {
+            const x = pts[k * 2], y = pts[k * 2 + 1];
+            const wy = y + Math.sin(x * 7 + wave + i) * 0.008;
+            if (k === 0) ctx.moveTo(x * s, wy * s);
+            else ctx.lineTo(x * s, wy * s);
+        }
+        ctx.stroke();
+    }
+    ctx.restore();
+}

questions/index.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ id: /
 name: What shapes us?
 description: >
   redoal is a gesture-addressed network — peers find each other by
-  drawing similar shapes. The gesture is the address. Draw one above
+  drawing similar shapes. The gesture is the address. Draw one below
   and see who's near.
 responsible:
   name: Bendik Aagaard Lynghaug