Janis
@janisnarvas.com
♑︎ Content writer/ multimedia student from 🇵🇭
☼ Always looking for ways to think and do better
♪ I like cozy games, films, and good design
https://janisnarvas.com/linktree/
☼ Always looking for ways to think and do better
♪ I like cozy games, films, and good design
https://janisnarvas.com/linktree/
Thought I could start the day early and be more productive but here I am, not an hour since I fired up my laptop, researching why the Artifact app from 2023 did not succeed. This is not at all what I intended to write or think about lol
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Thought I could start the day early and be more productive but here I am, not an hour since I fired up my laptop, researching why the Artifact app from 2023 did not succeed. This is not at all what I intended to write or think about lol
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Saw a YouTube video title: "Why has the world become so boring?"
I mean... has it?!?
I envy anyone who can look at the headlines, and think, what a f*cking boring world we live in.
With *wildly gestures at everything*, it's almost criminal to say we live in a time when nothing new is happening
I mean... has it?!?
I envy anyone who can look at the headlines, and think, what a f*cking boring world we live in.
With *wildly gestures at everything*, it's almost criminal to say we live in a time when nothing new is happening
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Saw a YouTube video title: "Why has the world become so boring?"
I mean... has it?!?
I envy anyone who can look at the headlines, and think, what a f*cking boring world we live in.
With *wildly gestures at everything*, it's almost criminal to say we live in a time when nothing new is happening
I mean... has it?!?
I envy anyone who can look at the headlines, and think, what a f*cking boring world we live in.
With *wildly gestures at everything*, it's almost criminal to say we live in a time when nothing new is happening
I think with all the chaos in the world, I'm just going to start posting on LinkedIn like it's my Twitter account in 2017 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I think with all the chaos in the world, I'm just going to start posting on LinkedIn like it's my Twitter account in 2017 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wow the insurance agents on FB are at it again. Must you shove your insurance products down our throats after every disaster because I swear to god you folks are the worst
October 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Wow the insurance agents on FB are at it again. Must you shove your insurance products down our throats after every disaster because I swear to god you folks are the worst
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A cognitively impaired New Jersey man grew infatuated with a Meta chatbot originally created in partnership with celebrity influencer Kendall Jenner. His fatal attraction shines a light on Meta's guidelines for its AI chatbots reut.rs/45DQIRj
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August 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A cognitively impaired New Jersey man grew infatuated with a Meta chatbot originally created in partnership with celebrity influencer Kendall Jenner. His fatal attraction shines a light on Meta's guidelines for its AI chatbots reut.rs/45DQIRj
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I was looking forward to this local UX event but I found out they're featuring two brands I hate (CebPac and GCash). 🤡 Thinking of going for the merch, but then again I could just enroll in another Chinese class so I can start prepping for HSK 3. Hmm.
August 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I was looking forward to this local UX event but I found out they're featuring two brands I hate (CebPac and GCash). 🤡 Thinking of going for the merch, but then again I could just enroll in another Chinese class so I can start prepping for HSK 3. Hmm.
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just a reminder again that we were told over and over that a 13 year old downloading a Limp Bizkit mp3 was an existential threat to society
I believe they call this "finding out" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
August 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
just a reminder again that we were told over and over that a 13 year old downloading a Limp Bizkit mp3 was an existential threat to society
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gf sent me this bc we share a knowledge of the ancient ways
August 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
gf sent me this bc we share a knowledge of the ancient ways
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One thing that doing creative work teaches you is that ideas are worth nothing. Anybody can have an idea. In a writers room you have to come up with a hundred ideas a day, and most of those don’t make the page. It’s the work of making something that gives it value. The patina of humanity.
"AI only offers suggestions based on your prompts. It's still your imagination."
No. Your imagination provides the germ of a story, expands it into sentences, phrases, paragraphs, chapters, culminating in a complete story. Using AI is "I have an idea," then someone else writes a story based on it.
No. Your imagination provides the germ of a story, expands it into sentences, phrases, paragraphs, chapters, culminating in a complete story. Using AI is "I have an idea," then someone else writes a story based on it.
August 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
One thing that doing creative work teaches you is that ideas are worth nothing. Anybody can have an idea. In a writers room you have to come up with a hundred ideas a day, and most of those don’t make the page. It’s the work of making something that gives it value. The patina of humanity.
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[bunch of guys who haven't read a piece of fiction in 20 years] my feeling is the kids don't read anymore
August 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
[bunch of guys who haven't read a piece of fiction in 20 years] my feeling is the kids don't read anymore
I just learned Blogdrive is gone. I've forever lost access to photos from my high school and college life, including a photo I had with N**l G****n. I was going to use it for something. Oh well. Guess I'm lucky parts of my life can't be found on the internet; can't say the same for kids these days
July 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I just learned Blogdrive is gone. I've forever lost access to photos from my high school and college life, including a photo I had with N**l G****n. I was going to use it for something. Oh well. Guess I'm lucky parts of my life can't be found on the internet; can't say the same for kids these days
The thing about going back to school as a grown-ass adult is you can't complain that it's too much work and that you'd rather just spend the weekend watching movies. Girl you put yourself to it haha. Reklamo ka sa barangay
July 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The thing about going back to school as a grown-ass adult is you can't complain that it's too much work and that you'd rather just spend the weekend watching movies. Girl you put yourself to it haha. Reklamo ka sa barangay
Yay I finally redesigned my portfolio/blog
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July 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Yay I finally redesigned my portfolio/blog
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One thing I learned from a designer I look up to is you have to be obsessed with context. Without the right context, something may not be maximally useful (if such phrase exists)
July 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
One thing I learned from a designer I look up to is you have to be obsessed with context. Without the right context, something may not be maximally useful (if such phrase exists)
If you don't make it easy to cancel my subscription, you've already lost my trust as a customer
June 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If you don't make it easy to cancel my subscription, you've already lost my trust as a customer
I love The Logoff, Vox's daily newsletter. Hope someone can make a local version of it. Rappler bekenemen
June 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I love The Logoff, Vox's daily newsletter. Hope someone can make a local version of it. Rappler bekenemen
Learning how to use Strapi! Any tips (on how to speed up the learning process)? Best practices?
June 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Learning how to use Strapi! Any tips (on how to speed up the learning process)? Best practices?
Announcing my brand new newsletter/blog! 🙂
I'm in the process of updating my portfolio website, and in the meantime, I'll be writing on Beehiiv. I'll be posting about writing, language, design, anything every two weeks. 🤞
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I'm in the process of updating my portfolio website, and in the meantime, I'll be writing on Beehiiv. I'll be posting about writing, language, design, anything every two weeks. 🤞
Subscribe here: janis.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Recent Tabs
thoughts on tech, design, writing, everything
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June 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Announcing my brand new newsletter/blog! 🙂
I'm in the process of updating my portfolio website, and in the meantime, I'll be writing on Beehiiv. I'll be posting about writing, language, design, anything every two weeks. 🤞
Subscribe here: janis.beehiiv.com/subscribe
I'm in the process of updating my portfolio website, and in the meantime, I'll be writing on Beehiiv. I'll be posting about writing, language, design, anything every two weeks. 🤞
Subscribe here: janis.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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Individual faculty members of the University of the Philippines College of Law have signed an Open Letter and called on the Senate of the Philippines to commence the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Z. Duterte. Read the statement with updated signatories at uplaw.ph/urgentcallto....
June 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Individual faculty members of the University of the Philippines College of Law have signed an Open Letter and called on the Senate of the Philippines to commence the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Z. Duterte. Read the statement with updated signatories at uplaw.ph/urgentcallto....
For weeks I've been intentionally using en-dash instead of an em-dash because I don't want to be accused of being an AI agent. That ends today lol. Who even cares
May 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
For weeks I've been intentionally using en-dash instead of an em-dash because I don't want to be accused of being an AI agent. That ends today lol. Who even cares
I hope Filipino films can be more accessible. Now that I live in the province, I haven't seen any new local-made film in the last... 5 years? What a shame. There's just no way for me to watch good films anymore. Unless if there's a screening hosted by UPLB student orgs.
May 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I hope Filipino films can be more accessible. Now that I live in the province, I haven't seen any new local-made film in the last... 5 years? What a shame. There's just no way for me to watch good films anymore. Unless if there's a screening hosted by UPLB student orgs.
Are there any good coming-of-age films for Gen-Zs? Can't think of any, but then again I haven't really been watching anything new in the last few years
May 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Are there any good coming-of-age films for Gen-Zs? Can't think of any, but then again I haven't really been watching anything new in the last few years
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Here are a few questions the NYT propaganda-as-news-service could have answered instead of the ridiculous ones they asked.
He could, for instance, have written about any number of topics. Here are some ideas for free.
1. What cults are the Anthropic crew in, and what is the ideological ancestry of these cults? (We've done the work for him here, hint hint, its eugenics: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...).
1. What cults are the Anthropic crew in, and what is the ideological ancestry of these cults? (We've done the work for him here, hint hint, its eugenics: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...).
April 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Here are a few questions the NYT propaganda-as-news-service could have answered instead of the ridiculous ones they asked.
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"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin
April 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin