Jay Stevens
@jaystevens.me
Now: Engineer @ Respawn - Apex Legends
Prior: Battlefield Mobile, Star Wars FPS, <redacted>
Long Ago: Skipper/Tiki Bird Wrangler @ Disneyland
Views are my own, blah blah blah.
Big fan of model trains, tiki bars, and general electronic doohickeys.
He/him
Prior: Battlefield Mobile, Star Wars FPS, <redacted>
Long Ago: Skipper/Tiki Bird Wrangler @ Disneyland
Views are my own, blah blah blah.
Big fan of model trains, tiki bars, and general electronic doohickeys.
He/him
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Jay Stevens
@jaystevens.me
· Oct 19
Hey there hi there ho there - we're doing intros?
I'm Jay. Long ago I was a Jungle Cruise skipper at Disneyland. Today I'm a gamedev at Respawn Entertainment.
I have 3 cats - Togepi, Moo, and Mothman.
My hobbies are various tech-y things, working on my tiki bar, and my N-Scale model railroad!
I'm Jay. Long ago I was a Jungle Cruise skipper at Disneyland. Today I'm a gamedev at Respawn Entertainment.
I have 3 cats - Togepi, Moo, and Mothman.
My hobbies are various tech-y things, working on my tiki bar, and my N-Scale model railroad!
Family member works at an apartment complex, and he mentioned that the complex is issuing twice the number of eviction notices this month as they normally do because so many people aren't able to pay rent 😶
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Family member works at an apartment complex, and he mentioned that the complex is issuing twice the number of eviction notices this month as they normally do because so many people aren't able to pay rent 😶
Forgot to mention it the other day, but the most recent update to Apex Legends (27.0) is the first one that has code I wrote in it!
Not a lot of code (just a couple bugfixes); a lot of what I've worked on recently is 🤐. But in the most technical of senses it's my first Apex release!
Not a lot of code (just a couple bugfixes); a lot of what I've worked on recently is 🤐. But in the most technical of senses it's my first Apex release!
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Forgot to mention it the other day, but the most recent update to Apex Legends (27.0) is the first one that has code I wrote in it!
Not a lot of code (just a couple bugfixes); a lot of what I've worked on recently is 🤐. But in the most technical of senses it's my first Apex release!
Not a lot of code (just a couple bugfixes); a lot of what I've worked on recently is 🤐. But in the most technical of senses it's my first Apex release!
Ranking Pokémon games on switch for the heck of it:
1. Legends Arceus
2. Let’s Go
3. Legends ZA
4. Sword and Shield
5. Scarlet and Violet
6. BDSP
1. Legends Arceus
2. Let’s Go
3. Legends ZA
4. Sword and Shield
5. Scarlet and Violet
6. BDSP
1. Legends Arceus
2. Legends ZA
3. Let’s Go
4. Sword and Shield
5. Scarlet and Violet
6. BDSP
2. Legends ZA
3. Let’s Go
4. Sword and Shield
5. Scarlet and Violet
6. BDSP
ranking Pokémon games on switch for the heck of it:
1. Scarlet and Violet
2. Let’s Go
3. Legends Arceus
4. Sword and Shield
5. Legends ZA
6. BDSP
1. Scarlet and Violet
2. Let’s Go
3. Legends Arceus
4. Sword and Shield
5. Legends ZA
6. BDSP
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Ranking Pokémon games on switch for the heck of it:
1. Legends Arceus
2. Let’s Go
3. Legends ZA
4. Sword and Shield
5. Scarlet and Violet
6. BDSP
1. Legends Arceus
2. Let’s Go
3. Legends ZA
4. Sword and Shield
5. Scarlet and Violet
6. BDSP
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Major fast food chain offering $1 meals in SoCal amid government shutdown
Major fast food chain offering $1 meals in SoCal amid government shutdown
Hundreds of Carl’s Jr. locations across Southern California are offering one-dollar meals to families impacted by the ongoing federal government shutdown, officials confirmed to KTLA. Starting Nov.…
ktla.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Major fast food chain offering $1 meals in SoCal amid government shutdown
Wayne Szalinski used his shrinking machine to enlargen a golf ball and that got put in the middle of Epcot
john in carousel of progress is actually buzz lightyear
Zootopia Residents Created the Animal Carvings on the Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Wayne Szalinski used his shrinking machine to enlargen a golf ball and that got put in the middle of Epcot
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One of my old co-workers is launching their Kickstarter today!
They're great folks and every single dollar helps! They should have a demo up on Steam shortly, just waiting on final approvals from Valve
They're great folks and every single dollar helps! They should have a demo up on Steam shortly, just waiting on final approvals from Valve
What The Stars Forgot Kickstarter campaign is now live!!
Check out our Gameplay Trailer here, then head on over to our Kickstarter to help support the crew at Airlock Games!! #indiegames #horrorgames
Gameplay Trailer: buff.ly/5m5D52O
Discord: buff.ly/V3Jot19
Kickstarter: bit.ly/AirlockGames...
Check out our Gameplay Trailer here, then head on over to our Kickstarter to help support the crew at Airlock Games!! #indiegames #horrorgames
Gameplay Trailer: buff.ly/5m5D52O
Discord: buff.ly/V3Jot19
Kickstarter: bit.ly/AirlockGames...
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
One of my old co-workers is launching their Kickstarter today!
They're great folks and every single dollar helps! They should have a demo up on Steam shortly, just waiting on final approvals from Valve
They're great folks and every single dollar helps! They should have a demo up on Steam shortly, just waiting on final approvals from Valve
"Former guides told WIRED that in order to keep up with the rate of lessons required to earn rewards, their students felt they needed to regularly work late into the night at home"
It is not lost on me that somehow the techbro school causes the same work/life balance problem seen in tech jobs
It is not lost on me that somehow the techbro school causes the same work/life balance problem seen in tech jobs
Alpha School, which promises to educate kids using an "AI tutor" in two hours a day, is a budding national empire and a darling of the Trump administration.
According to some parents who spoke to @wired.com for this investigation, it's had nightmarish effects on their kids.
According to some parents who spoke to @wired.com for this investigation, it's had nightmarish effects on their kids.
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Former guides told WIRED that in order to keep up with the rate of lessons required to earn rewards, their students felt they needed to regularly work late into the night at home"
It is not lost on me that somehow the techbro school causes the same work/life balance problem seen in tech jobs
It is not lost on me that somehow the techbro school causes the same work/life balance problem seen in tech jobs
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October 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS is a Christmas movie. It’s not a Halloween movie. I don’t care when people watch it, but at least see it for what it is. Also, SWAMP THING is an Arbor Day movie.
October 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS is a Christmas movie. It’s not a Halloween movie. I don’t care when people watch it, but at least see it for what it is. Also, SWAMP THING is an Arbor Day movie.
Finally tried on this year's Halloween costume 🎃
October 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Finally tried on this year's Halloween costume 🎃
Pokémon Legends: Z-A (2025) ★★★
One fun fact about me is that I am a massive Pokemon fan. To the point where ~15 years ago I actually played the games at a competitive level for real-life money, and I used to spe...
View full review on @popfeed.social
One fun fact about me is that I am a massive Pokemon fan. To the point where ~15 years ago I actually played the games at a competitive level for real-life money, and I used to spe...
View full review on @popfeed.social
A ★★★ review of Pokémon Legends: Z-A (2025)
One fun fact about me is that I am a massive Pokemon fan. To the point where ~15 years ago I actuall
popfeed.social
October 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Pokémon Legends: Z-A (2025) ★★★
One fun fact about me is that I am a massive Pokemon fan. To the point where ~15 years ago I actually played the games at a competitive level for real-life money, and I used to spe...
View full review on @popfeed.social
One fun fact about me is that I am a massive Pokemon fan. To the point where ~15 years ago I actually played the games at a competitive level for real-life money, and I used to spe...
View full review on @popfeed.social
I need to know why the designers on Pokemon games are allergic to putting options in their options menu
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I need to know why the designers on Pokemon games are allergic to putting options in their options menu
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Since 2020, I've been working on a #ModelTrain layout.
I thought it'd be fun to take a moment and talk about decisions I've made during the design process and why I decided on the areas I have.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #NScale (I don't normally do hashtags but the MRR feeds do)
I thought it'd be fun to take a moment and talk about decisions I've made during the design process and why I decided on the areas I have.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #NScale (I don't normally do hashtags but the MRR feeds do)
Adventures in Designing a Model Railroad
Talking about the thought process behind the N-scale model train display I've been building in my office
blog.jaystevens.me
October 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Since 2020, I've been working on a #ModelTrain layout.
I thought it'd be fun to take a moment and talk about decisions I've made during the design process and why I decided on the areas I have.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #NScale (I don't normally do hashtags but the MRR feeds do)
I thought it'd be fun to take a moment and talk about decisions I've made during the design process and why I decided on the areas I have.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #NScale (I don't normally do hashtags but the MRR feeds do)
Since 2020, I've been working on a #ModelTrain layout.
I thought it'd be fun to take a moment and talk about decisions I've made during the design process and why I decided on the areas I have.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #NScale (I don't normally do hashtags but the MRR feeds do)
I thought it'd be fun to take a moment and talk about decisions I've made during the design process and why I decided on the areas I have.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #NScale (I don't normally do hashtags but the MRR feeds do)
Adventures in Designing a Model Railroad
Talking about the thought process behind the N-scale model train display I've been building in my office
blog.jaystevens.me
October 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Since 2020, I've been working on a #ModelTrain layout.
I thought it'd be fun to take a moment and talk about decisions I've made during the design process and why I decided on the areas I have.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #NScale (I don't normally do hashtags but the MRR feeds do)
I thought it'd be fun to take a moment and talk about decisions I've made during the design process and why I decided on the areas I have.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailroading #NScale (I don't normally do hashtags but the MRR feeds do)
So in the Disney movie Atlantis did they all just forget how to read or what
October 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
So in the Disney movie Atlantis did they all just forget how to read or what
Fun fact:
On Sunday strips, some newspapers cut off the title panel (plus the adjacent panel). That's why you get 2 jokes like this - the header panels may be missing.
Watterson hated this and eventually secured an exemption for C&H and C&H _only_.
You can see the difference in later Sunday strips
On Sunday strips, some newspapers cut off the title panel (plus the adjacent panel). That's why you get 2 jokes like this - the header panels may be missing.
Watterson hated this and eventually secured an exemption for C&H and C&H _only_.
You can see the difference in later Sunday strips
October 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Fun fact:
On Sunday strips, some newspapers cut off the title panel (plus the adjacent panel). That's why you get 2 jokes like this - the header panels may be missing.
Watterson hated this and eventually secured an exemption for C&H and C&H _only_.
You can see the difference in later Sunday strips
On Sunday strips, some newspapers cut off the title panel (plus the adjacent panel). That's why you get 2 jokes like this - the header panels may be missing.
Watterson hated this and eventually secured an exemption for C&H and C&H _only_.
You can see the difference in later Sunday strips
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Very specific, but are there any graphic designers/illustrators with open commissions that have experience in designing custom LEGO minifigures or LEGO MOCs?
October 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Very specific, but are there any graphic designers/illustrators with open commissions that have experience in designing custom LEGO minifigures or LEGO MOCs?
My fiance isn't feeling well which means she controls the remote - and I get to suffer through her choice of shows to watch.
We're watching the 2025 Winx Club reboot on Netflix. This is without a doubt the WORST show I've ever seen. It's impressive how bad it is, like watching a train wreck
We're watching the 2025 Winx Club reboot on Netflix. This is without a doubt the WORST show I've ever seen. It's impressive how bad it is, like watching a train wreck
October 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
My fiance isn't feeling well which means she controls the remote - and I get to suffer through her choice of shows to watch.
We're watching the 2025 Winx Club reboot on Netflix. This is without a doubt the WORST show I've ever seen. It's impressive how bad it is, like watching a train wreck
We're watching the 2025 Winx Club reboot on Netflix. This is without a doubt the WORST show I've ever seen. It's impressive how bad it is, like watching a train wreck
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thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"
Specifically, this Mothman
October 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Specifically, this Mothman
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For my 1000th ride on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure the cast members surprised me by getting permission for five of my favorite cast members to ride with me, and they also made me this really sweet banner congratulating me! A core memory day for sure and I’m so grateful to them! ❤️🥹
October 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
For my 1000th ride on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure the cast members surprised me by getting permission for five of my favorite cast members to ride with me, and they also made me this really sweet banner congratulating me! A core memory day for sure and I’m so grateful to them! ❤️🥹
Hooray! My Bluesky account is now no longer hosted by Bluesky, and is instead hosted by "the server rack I have in the corner of my office".
No gods, no masters!
I can hear my NAS hard drive spin up a lil when I upload stuff. Gonna be interesting to see what happens if I ever have a power outage lol
No gods, no masters!
I can hear my NAS hard drive spin up a lil when I upload stuff. Gonna be interesting to see what happens if I ever have a power outage lol
✅ jaystevens.me IS running on an independent PDS, and is hosted via https://pds.jaystevens.me.
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Hooray! My Bluesky account is now no longer hosted by Bluesky, and is instead hosted by "the server rack I have in the corner of my office".
No gods, no masters!
I can hear my NAS hard drive spin up a lil when I upload stuff. Gonna be interesting to see what happens if I ever have a power outage lol
No gods, no masters!
I can hear my NAS hard drive spin up a lil when I upload stuff. Gonna be interesting to see what happens if I ever have a power outage lol