John Balestrieri
@tinrocket.bsky.social
Full-time #indie software developer: Computer graphics, computational design, #iOS, #macOS, and a #beagle named Miss Muddypenny.
Me: johnbalestrieri.com
Apps: tinrocket.com
Me: johnbalestrieri.com
Apps: tinrocket.com
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John Balestrieri
@tinrocket.bsky.social
· Nov 14
👋 Hi! I’ve been making indie apps for iOS and Mac since 2009, focusing on graphics and creative software.
I mainly post work-in-progress and photos of my beagle, Miss Muddypenny.
(Thanks, Andy! @andy.works)
I mainly post work-in-progress and photos of my beagle, Miss Muddypenny.
(Thanks, Andy! @andy.works)
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My new app, SoloTime, is now available on the App Store!
Easily track your time on projects, create and send invoices in seconds, build quotes, record your expenses and more...
#b2b #indiedev #buildinpublic
apps.apple.com/gb/app/solot...
Easily track your time on projects, create and send invoices in seconds, build quotes, record your expenses and more...
#b2b #indiedev #buildinpublic
apps.apple.com/gb/app/solot...
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
My new app, SoloTime, is now available on the App Store!
Easily track your time on projects, create and send invoices in seconds, build quotes, record your expenses and more...
#b2b #indiedev #buildinpublic
apps.apple.com/gb/app/solot...
Easily track your time on projects, create and send invoices in seconds, build quotes, record your expenses and more...
#b2b #indiedev #buildinpublic
apps.apple.com/gb/app/solot...
After a year+, Waterlogue 2 is done!
Free upgrade for existing customers. Free to try for everyone else.
TestFlight is open if you want to test/try before launch:
testflight.apple.com/join/YQ5...
What's New: documentation.tinrocket.com/w...
Waterlogue Guide: documentation.tinrocket.com/w...
Free upgrade for existing customers. Free to try for everyone else.
TestFlight is open if you want to test/try before launch:
testflight.apple.com/join/YQ5...
What's New: documentation.tinrocket.com/w...
Waterlogue Guide: documentation.tinrocket.com/w...
Join the Waterlogue: Photo to Painting beta
Available on iOS
testflight.apple.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
After a year+, Waterlogue 2 is done!
Free upgrade for existing customers. Free to try for everyone else.
TestFlight is open if you want to test/try before launch:
testflight.apple.com/join/YQ5...
What's New: documentation.tinrocket.com/w...
Waterlogue Guide: documentation.tinrocket.com/w...
Free upgrade for existing customers. Free to try for everyone else.
TestFlight is open if you want to test/try before launch:
testflight.apple.com/join/YQ5...
What's New: documentation.tinrocket.com/w...
Waterlogue Guide: documentation.tinrocket.com/w...
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I built a music app for my mom. She’s over 70. The Liquid Glass design aesthetic overwhelms her. iOS’s Assistive Access mode is better, but it comes with heavy limitations. Preserving digital autonomy in old age is important. Now she can listen to music independently again.
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I built a music app for my mom. She’s over 70. The Liquid Glass design aesthetic overwhelms her. iOS’s Assistive Access mode is better, but it comes with heavy limitations. Preserving digital autonomy in old age is important. Now she can listen to music independently again.
Met our new snow removal service.
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Met our new snow removal service.
Project thread: I'm using Claude to develop a sky simulator. I can finally get the ideas out of my head almost as fast as they come, and I've been a graphics developer for over 25 years.
Its a mixture of simulation and empirical models. The data is accurate, but I'm focusing on the aesthetics.
Its a mixture of simulation and empirical models. The data is accurate, but I'm focusing on the aesthetics.
January 25, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Project thread: I'm using Claude to develop a sky simulator. I can finally get the ideas out of my head almost as fast as they come, and I've been a graphics developer for over 25 years.
Its a mixture of simulation and empirical models. The data is accurate, but I'm focusing on the aesthetics.
Its a mixture of simulation and empirical models. The data is accurate, but I'm focusing on the aesthetics.
Stuff I learned from dad: For a few inches snow, it's cheaper and easier to drive back and forth over the snow than to call the snow removal service.
January 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Stuff I learned from dad: For a few inches snow, it's cheaper and easier to drive back and forth over the snow than to call the snow removal service.
I had my first business meeting in our home office, so everything was made spotless.
January 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I had my first business meeting in our home office, so everything was made spotless.
I try to get this glow-in-the-dark calendar every year.
December 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I try to get this glow-in-the-dark calendar every year.
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Perfect screenshot. Worf as a focal point is already killer, then your eyes travel to Data in the friar haircut and you think "this can't possibly get any better," and then there's the finishing blow of Geordi in his space visor plucking a lute
December 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Perfect screenshot. Worf as a focal point is already killer, then your eyes travel to Data in the friar haircut and you think "this can't possibly get any better," and then there's the finishing blow of Geordi in his space visor plucking a lute
Our snow plow guy isn't available. It's fine. 🥵
December 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Our snow plow guy isn't available. It's fine. 🥵
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This is fucking terrifying.
It's not a new concern, but good to be reminded that your entire digital life can be annihilated in an instant with no recourse
cloudisland.nz/@parisba/11571...
It's not a new concern, but good to be reminded that your entire digital life can be annihilated in an instant with no recourse
cloudisland.nz/@parisba/11571...
December 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This is fucking terrifying.
It's not a new concern, but good to be reminded that your entire digital life can be annihilated in an instant with no recourse
cloudisland.nz/@parisba/11571...
It's not a new concern, but good to be reminded that your entire digital life can be annihilated in an instant with no recourse
cloudisland.nz/@parisba/11571...
We moved to our current house in 2022, but ➀︎ I finally got around to putting up some of the ➁︎ art I had in my Brooklyn apartment. Wall painting will have to wait.
I highly recommend picture hanging systems.
I highly recommend picture hanging systems.
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We moved to our current house in 2022, but ➀︎ I finally got around to putting up some of the ➁︎ art I had in my Brooklyn apartment. Wall painting will have to wait.
I highly recommend picture hanging systems.
I highly recommend picture hanging systems.
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NEW Vibescape on Apple Vision Pro featuring WINTER LIGHTS – our most expansive immersive environment yet! ✨
December 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NEW Vibescape on Apple Vision Pro featuring WINTER LIGHTS – our most expansive immersive environment yet! ✨
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spending over a decade getting pretty good at doing "generative things" only to land in the decade of generative slop is ... not ideal
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
spending over a decade getting pretty good at doing "generative things" only to land in the decade of generative slop is ... not ideal
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Time is running out!
Our wonderful volunteer, Shelley Hagerty, is once again donating her time and talent to create these keepsake ornaments to raise funds for TBR. Please place your order by 9 PM Friday November 14th! triangle-beagle-rescue-of-nc.square.site/product/2025...
Our wonderful volunteer, Shelley Hagerty, is once again donating her time and talent to create these keepsake ornaments to raise funds for TBR. Please place your order by 9 PM Friday November 14th! triangle-beagle-rescue-of-nc.square.site/product/2025...
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Time is running out!
Our wonderful volunteer, Shelley Hagerty, is once again donating her time and talent to create these keepsake ornaments to raise funds for TBR. Please place your order by 9 PM Friday November 14th! triangle-beagle-rescue-of-nc.square.site/product/2025...
Our wonderful volunteer, Shelley Hagerty, is once again donating her time and talent to create these keepsake ornaments to raise funds for TBR. Please place your order by 9 PM Friday November 14th! triangle-beagle-rescue-of-nc.square.site/product/2025...
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working on cave CA
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
working on cave CA
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it would be great if after a character died, your game made a .txt file which is just generated ascii art of their bones.
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
it would be great if after a character died, your game made a .txt file which is just generated ascii art of their bones.
The Waterlogue 2 release is delayed because I'm converting it to freemium. All current users will get the base upgrade for free, with an IAP for new styles and future features. Freemium users will get a few styles, with watermarks on the locked features.
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Waterlogue 2 release is delayed because I'm converting it to freemium. All current users will get the base upgrade for free, with an IAP for new styles and future features. Freemium users will get a few styles, with watermarks on the locked features.