Built by a stoner.
To work smarter.
Obviously.
I’m Rev. I wanted to put my pictures on Instagram without turning every post into a second job. Pick the good shots, make them look good together, tell a story that actually sounds like me. Less hassle. More getting on with life.
So I started building the Giving a Fuck engine: my own workflow for turning real photos and memories into visually interesting posts with a story worth reading. Apparently I gave enough of a fuck to build a whole system around it.
Then came the dangerous question: “What if other people could use this?”
That grew into PictureRig—your own little setup for making something good from a camera roll. Yes, there’s a little wink in the name. Herbal inspiration is optional; giving a damn about the result isn’t. Your pictures. Your voice. Your stories. Then we started talking about Reels, video, saved preferences, and making the whole thing easier from start to finish. The simple little time-saver is becoming a multi-headed beast. I may have misunderstood the “work less” part. One dab and one “what if” later, here we are.
Do I know exactly what the hell I’m doing at every step? Absolutely not. Am I learning, testing, fixing things, and going to make it happen? That’s the plan—and now there’s a public to-do list to keep me honest.
The standalone app now saves outings, reviews photo batches in the background, creates captions and slide plans, and offers simple downloadable layouts. Approved friends and family can test it and send feedback in the app. Approved Buffer sending and scheduling are now available for beta testing. Better framing and a smoother finish are the next pieces of the beast.