jingjingji.me — living lab
$about
Jingjing Ji
I'm a developer and designer who enjoys turning technical ideas into experiences people can actually feel.
This is where I keep my projects, experiments, and a few thoughts along the way.
Part portfolio. Part playground. Part organized curiosity.
//projects
Still Here
An iOS co-regulation companion. A virtual cat that responds to your calm with quiet, wordless presence.
SwiftUICoreMotionVisionAVFoundationSensor-driven
Modern Clippy
A proactive VS Code assistant for the prompt era — without shortcutting your thinking.
Context-AwareInteractive LearningVS Code ExtensionAI Assistant
Ephemeral Archive
Finalist at the MIT AI Filmmaking Hackathon, Ephemeral Archive explores impermanence through movement, challenging the productivity-driven rhythms of modern life.
AI FilmmakingExperimental Media
//timeline— click to expand
2023 — present
Software Engineer-in-training
@Northeastern University
2021 - 2023
Landscape Designer
@Coen+Partners
2018-2020
MLA Student learning to design with intention
@University of Virginia
1996 — 2018
Growing up, looking outward
@China
//thoughts
Feb 2026design
Calm is hard to design
The second you try to force calm, it stops being calm.
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Apr 2025personal
I keep coming back to ephemeral things
Maybe because the temporary often feels the most alive.
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Apr 2025design
Presence is a design material too
Not everything meaningful has to be interactive in the obvious way.
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Apr 2025reflection
Answers are cheap now
What matters is whether a tool helps you think, not just finish faster.
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Mar 2025reflection
A prompt is not a process
Getting an answer is not the same as building understanding.
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