Not sure why, but that did make me think of the chaotic nature of a double pendulum, and wondering if that would be useful in some way.

Yep, pretty much. Keep them comfortable, no extreme temperatures and moisture. You do need more browns than food scraps. So if you have a bunch of leaves, that's a great source. I've been chopping up cardboard manually, so that's been my biggest time sink. I try to check on them every few days, make sure it smells good (earthy forest floor kinda smell). And generally feed them about once or twice a week. I'm sure I could optimize and get more production, but I'm wanting low maintenance right now.

I started using the Vevor(VermiHut) stacking worm tower this year. It's working good for me, so far, easy to maintain. Haven't been using it long enough to fell like its at full production, so the worms aren't needing all the scraps I have, so use a regular compost for the extras. Anything particular you are wanting to know?