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How this site is built, and what it does while you read it.
This site
Static pages, generated ahead of time and served as files. It sets no cookies, runs no analytics, and loads every asset from its own origin. Typeset in whatever monospace your system already has, so there is no font to download and no request to anyone else when a page opens.
One external request exists in the whole build, and only on the booking page: the form asks this site's own booking service for open times. Every other page loads its own files and stops there.
The pages are built in advance and served as plain files. The site sets no cookies, counts no visitors, and loads everything from its own address. The lettering uses a typeface your device already has, so the lettering comes from your own device and your browser keeps to itself when a page opens.
The whole site reaches out to one other address, on one page: the booking form asks my own booking service what times are free. Every other page loads its own files and stops.
The claims above are checkable, and here is how.
- The requests — open your browser's network panel and read what a page loads. You should see this page, one stylesheet, and silence.
- The policy — the Content-Security-Policy header names every origin this site may reach. It lists one.
- The fonts — the deploy script halts on any build carrying a webfont, and it has been shown to catch one.
How the work is made
I direct this work and an AI writes most of the code. I choose what each thing does, what it declines to do, and what stays out of it. Each feature comes from using the thing and finding a problem in it, and the commit history records what was wrong before each fix.
I direct this work and an AI writes most of the code. I decide what each thing does, what it refuses to do, and what stays out of it. Every feature came from using the thing myself and hitting a problem, and the record of changes shows what was broken before each fix.
I am responsible for the result. If something misbehaves, that is mine to answer for.
Some people will decline to use software made this way. That is a reasonable position to hold, and it is why this section is here.
The work
BreathGate is free software under GPL-3.0, chosen so every downstream version stays as free as this one. It holds everything on the device, and the offline claim is verifiable from the manifest.
Re-Authoring is a workshop. Its first festival run is JagFest, 16–18 October 2026.