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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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) poster
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

Loved how it looked, loved the Alex G music, and loved the needle drop. If you're looking for horror, you will be disappointed. It's very a disjointed, dreamlike surrealist dark comedy, and I was lost in the haze. Luckily I was watching it with a queer friend who could explain the message that Jane Schoenbrun was trying to convey during the credits. I had the same problem with I Saw The T.V. Glow and I loved that one a lot more after a Reddit deep dive and a rewatch. I probably need a second viewing now that I understand the subtext.

Paprika (2006) poster
Paprika (2006)

Great animation, great music, very weird, and I couldn't really follow the story but it about dreaming so that's to be expected. Also, a degree of fat shaming that I haven't seen since kid movies from the 80's.

Tony (2026) poster
Tony (2026)

I wanted to love this but I didn't. For someone who lived an incredible life like Anthony Bourdain did, this story felt like it was focused on the most uninteresting part of it. It made him feel generic and I didn't think that was possible.

Stamptown (2026) poster
Stamptown (2026)

Hilarious and chaotic. Better than 95% of the stand up specials I've seen on Netflix. This was like watching a recording that was taken inside of my head at peak ADHD.

The End of Oak Street (2026) poster
The End of Oak Street (2026)

They don't make a lot of movies like this anymore and I really enjoyed it. They were going for an 80's vibe and nailed the aesthetic, but everything else felt like a 90's action/horror popcorn flick with some fun gags scattered around. Anne Hathaway's performance was perfect and the rest of the cast was great.

Drag Me to Hell (2009) poster
Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Definitely a Sam Raimi movie. I had to turn my head away until a scene was over because it was grossing me out, which doesn't happen to me that often. When it does happen, it's usually Sam Raimi's fault. The movie isn't particularly scary. It relies on jump scares a little too much, like most horror movies in 2009. It's just kind of loud and gross but there were enough laughs to keep it entertaining.

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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