jar·vis·ing
/ˈdʒɑː.vɪ.sɪŋ/
verb (present participle of jarvis); also noun
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The act of creating innovative projects at scale.
Building many things, quickly and in the open, and letting the ones that work stand on their own.
"She spent the summer jarvising: eleven prototypes, three of them still running."
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Giving people the tools to do it themselves.
The making is not kept but handed on, so that the next person starts further along than you did.
"Proper jarvising ends with someone else doing it without you."
- Origin
- Early 21st century: from Jarvis, the name given to a home-built assistant that grew into a fleet of small, cooperating agents. The ‑ing marks that the work is never quite finished.
- Usage
- Not to be confused with tinkering, which has no ambition of scale, or shipping, which has no obligation to teach.
See also
This site is the open portfolio of what jarvising produces: test projects, experiments and tools, published here as they are built.
The first entries are on their way. Each one will show what it does, how it was made, and how to make your own.
- Entry 1in progress
- Entry 2in progress
- Entry 3in progress