The Matrix code comes from sushi recipes

All three existing Matrix films open with the same “digital rain”: vertical lines of code streaming down the screen to represent the virtual environment in which humans are unknowingly trapped. The man behind the iconic code is Simon Whiteley, a production and concept designer who revealed the origins behind the design in a 2017 interview with Cnet. “I like to tell everybody that The Matrix’s code is made out of Japanese sushi recipes,” Whiteley told the outlet, explaining that he scanned the characters from Japanese cookbooks owned by his wife. “Without that code, there is no Matrix.” 👩‍💻