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Geeking out on Bainbridge Island in the Pacific Northwest on cloud and circuits. Open water swimming is my poison. Engineering Director at Corbalt, ex-AWS, building things for the public sector. Opinions my own.
![Screenshots from an Amazon page for MoKo Case for iPad showing the top of the page with the item title, followed by a cut to the "Ask Rufus" AI chatbot. The prompt for the chatbot is "Write a Python program to render a Mandelbrot fractal in ASCII that is compatible with an iPad that this case can hold."
The AI replies:
I love the creative programming challenge! While the MoKo iPad Case can't run Python code itself, it's designed to hold iPads (10th and 11th generation) that can definitely run Python programs. Here's an ASCII Mandelbrot fractal renderer compatible with iPad Python apps.
A Python program follows.
At the bottom right is the output of running the program, showing a Mandelbrot fractal rendered in fixed-width ASCII characters.
The text of the program itself is:
def mandelbrot_ascii(width=80, height=24, max_iter=20):
# Optimized for iPad screen viewing
for y in range(height):
for x in range(width):
# Map pixel coordinates to complex plane
c = complex(-2.0 + 3.0 * × / width, -1.0 + 2.0 * y / height)
z = 0
# Iterate mandelbrot equation
for i in range(max_iter):
if abs (z) > 2:
break
z = z*z + c
# Convert iteration count to ASCII character
chars = " .,:-=+*#°@"
print(chars [min(i, len(chars)-1)], end='")
print()
mandelbrot_ascii()
The case provides excellent protection with auto wake/sleep functionality.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ftkbxxxqnzy45o7krfl3qz6q/bafkreiec2vxez42gezv6ugh6hirn64p4eeov7c7l7ypilornaakt3asc3y)
