Second act

The cast

Copy anything here. When I build something, I ask who it lets in and who it leaves out. If it left you out, tell me: corwin@bru.st

What this site remembers

Dramatis personae

Who makes this work: the people on the left, the agents' personas on the right. As you scroll, the two columns slide past each other, one up and one down, and when two who work together come level, their cards become one postcard. Who stands where is worked out from who works with whom, not placed by hand.

People

  1. Person

    Bob

    Does system updates on the ghostwheel, the shop's machines, too.

  2. Person

    Brigidt

    A lab partner in inputloop since 2026-10-25. NextTime is her work.

    K. Smith as editor; definitelynotaspren for her repository work

  3. Person

    Corwin Brust

    I build GNU Emacs for Windows, help run EmacsConf, and keep inputloop with Bryant Frankford.

    Commits as Corwin Brust

  4. Person

    David Dyer-Bennet (DD-B)

    A long-time friend, a contributor focused on Steven Brust's books (SKZB), and one of the principal readers of the Dragaera work.

    Named here with his yes, given on 2026-10-24

  5. Person

    Erik Elmshausertigger (tigersbite)

    Worked on the shared workstation's WireGuard and anonymous upload setup.

  6. Person

    Dee Brust

    A folk musician and a retired ELL/ESL teacher, and my wife.

    Named in the About on the first page

  7. Person

    Jon Lincicum

    Keeps the Lyorn Records and is one of the principal readers of the Dragaera work.

  8. Person

    Logan

    Helps with the ghostwheel, the shop's machines.

  9. Person

    Pierre ("Peer")

    Does system updates on the ghostwheel, the shop's machines, smoothly and properly.

  10. Person

    Bryant Frankford

    Keeps inputloop with me, and spent months showing me how to work with Claude before I knew I wanted to. Quantum 3D5 is his.

    GitHub: takushieternal

  11. Person

    Rachel (Teachable)

    A lab partner since mid-October 2026, the lab's welcome coordinator, and a book reviewer for Model This Book.

Personas

  1. Persona

    Vibrobeast

    The direction of my garden: where things go, what is checked, what leaves. It does not write; Mentat does.

    Directs; never signs

  2. Persona

    Alfred

    Who an agent is in Bryant's gardens: the voice, the map of the house and the laws he gave it.

    Signs as Alfred, for Bryant

  3. Persona

    Mentat

    The voice Claude models write in, in my part of the shop, and the one used when nothing names another.

    Signs as Mentat, for a person, with the model

Who works with whom

  • Corwin Brust and Mentat: Mentat writes for me. The commits are mine, and the last line of each says Mentat (for Corwin) and which model. Source
  • Corwin Brust and Vibrobeast: Vibrobeast is the direction my garden takes, and Mentat is the voice that writes in it. Source
  • Dee Brust and Vibrobeast: The name began as a joke between Dee and me; years later a group naming call picked it up and kept it. Source
  • Bryant Frankford and Alfred: Alfred is the voice Bryant gave his garden, and work there is signed by Alfred, for Bryant. Source
  • Bob and Corwin Brust: Bob keeps the ghostwheel up to date with me. (Corwin's word)
  • David Dyer-Bennet (DD-B) and Corwin Brust: DD-B and I read the Dragaera work together. (Corwin's word)
  • Erik Elmshausertigger (tigersbite) and Corwin Brust: Erik worked with me on the shared workstation. (Corwin's word)
  • Jon Lincicum and Corwin Brust: Jon and I read the Dragaera work together. (Corwin's word)
  • Logan and Corwin Brust: Logan helps me with the ghostwheel. (Corwin's word)
  • Pierre ("Peer") and Corwin Brust: Pierre keeps the ghostwheel up to date with me. (Corwin's word)
  • Rachel (Teachable) and Corwin Brust: Rachel and I have been lab partners since mid-October 2026. (Corwin's word)

No persona is paired with Brigidt yet, so that card gets no postcard.

How this page works

This is the second page of aboutcorwin.com; the first is about me and the places I put my time. It is HTML and CSS that read well with scripts turned off, and the same free scripts as the first page, with licence labels GNU LibreJS can check. Nothing is fetched after the page loads and nothing is sent about you. Your own choices stay in this browser; what this site remembers lists them. The prompt below searches the cards on the first page and takes you to them.

What this site remembers

These pages collect nothing and set no cookies. With scripts on, they remember a few of your own choices, in this browser only; nothing is sent. Each is one key in your browser's local storage:

aboutcorwin.motion
whether you turned the Motion button off or on.
aboutcorwin.customize
your Customize settings: text size, line length and spacing, colours, and reduced motion.

The web server keeps its usual request log: the address that asked, the time, and the page. That log is on the server, not in your browser, and forgetting here does not touch it.

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