Jesse.ID

Hi 👋 I'm Jesse, a chronically online software engineer. I automate things and build cool stuff professionally. My hobbies are full-stack web development, writing, making music, and studying screencraft. I'm a movie nerd and I've logged 1,650+ films to my Letterboxd profile. I love to create stuff whenever I can, and I support art and artists of all kinds. Read more about me if you'd like.

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How I Use AI and How I Don’t Use AI

How I don’t use AI I don’t use generative AI to write prose or lyrics. I don’t use it to write blog posts. I don’t use it to write e-mails for me, outside of the occasional auto-complete of what I was going to say anyway. I don’t use it to create music. I don’t use […]

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New Music Friday: Wishy, Slow Joy, Dev Lemons

This week, I have three tracks from YouTube. One a track by a brand new band to me named Wishy, a 5 piece band from Indianapolis — a good rec from friend Christian. The other two are from Slow Joy and Dev Lemons. I’ve been listening to them for awhile so I’m always happy to […]

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Film Reviews

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Ghost Adventures (2007) poster
Ghost Adventures (2007)

If you love watching jumpy dweebs with 90's haircuts get scared by something almost happening then this is the indie ghost hunting documentary for you. It's got every kind of nothing. Disturbed dust, shadows created by the film crew's own lights, knocking, creaking, flying brick, old lady who keeps batteries in a glory hole, glowing animal eyes... You name it. This documentary has nothing for everyone.

The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) poster
The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

I've seen this about a dozen times, starting in the early 90's, and every time I watch it I think that at some point I'm going to hear Love Is A Battlefield by Pat Benatar, but the actual song in the movie is Invincible by Pat Benatar. It's my own little Mandela effect. It's so strong that I'm kind of convinced that I'm not alone; I'm just the only one reporting it.

They Look Like People (2015) poster
They Look Like People (2015)

This is a fun movie, very indie — a pretty unique story. The sound is AWFUL. I watch most stuff with headphones on, so I noticed every imperfection, and it felt like there was at least one in every single scene. In some scenes, it was so bad that it was distracting.

Problem Child (1990) poster
Problem Child (1990)

I haven't seen this since I was a kid and it actually kind of holds up. I think it helped to watch it with a group of friends who were also kids in 1990. The kid just exudes little shit energy. He was perfect for this role.

Obsession (2025) poster
Obsession (2025)

No written review.

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009) poster
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009)

Boone County West Virginia is about 2 hours from where my Dad grew up. We went to many family reunions around there when I was a kid. All of these people felt familiar to me, in an uncanny way, like if my family had their spirits sucked out of them. What's crazy is that this was released in 2009 before fentanyl. It's probably way worse now.

What I'm Up to #Now

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Just finished creating watchies.jesse.id for my friends and I to track our movie picks rotation with. This will truly be one of the most lopsided effort-to-use ratios of my life as a programmer. #Now

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