Show HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization

I was wondering how I can arrange objects along a spherical helix path, and read some articles on it.

I ended up learning about parametric equations again, and make this visualization to document what I learned:

https://visualrambling.space/moving-objects-in-3d/

feel free to visit and let me know what you think!


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