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John Balestrieri

@tinrocket

Full-time #indie software developer: Computer graphics, computational design, #iOS, #macOS, and a #beagle named Miss Muddypenny. Me: johnbalestrieri.com Apps: tinrocket.com

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!Boring is turning 5!
And what's a 5 yr old birthday party without ice cream?
Try our new flavorful skins persimmon, sesame, & guava. Come and grab a scoop.

06.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i love programming

05.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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HyperDither App - App Store Download HyperDither by Tinrocket, LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like HyperDither.

Oh hey, it's #Marchintosh! HyperDither is free for a limited time. Go and pixel some stuff!

apps.apple.com/us/app/hyperdi...

06.03.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A few people have requested a way to turn off the painting so they can print a drawing on paper. I'm not sure how useful it's going to be, and if most people will be confused/disappointed.

Shelving the feature for iOS but shipping it on macOS, where I can gradually improve it.

03.03.2026 02:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
HyperCard Changed Everything
HyperCard Changed Everything YouTube video by dreamwieber

Alright, friends: this is my most ambitious YouTube to date.

It was a ton of work. I hope you'll watch, share, subscribe!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxHk...

02.03.2026 06:33 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
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100k particules

13.12.2024 17:29 πŸ‘ 186 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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I got terracotta watering spikes from IKEA and the plants are super happy now.

27.02.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I wonder if there's still a market for my old Painty software?

2011-2014.tinrocket.com/paint...

25.02.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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All done with the UI update.

25.02.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WIP: By multiple requests, people want a line-only mode in Waterlogue, so now there's a "None" option for Paint.

It also means updating the rest of the UI to suppress stuff that doesn't contribute to the image, and adding disabled states to controls that never had them, such as Tint.

25.02.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's the desire to finish that kills you.

23.02.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beagle + Snow

23.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Snows

23.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Jersey, now.

23.02.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An abstract pen plot of stacked overlapping geometric shapes with smooth curves. The colors are a variety of blue denim and yellow gold shades created from cross hatch pen strokes of only cyan, yellow, and magenta.

An abstract pen plot of stacked overlapping geometric shapes with smooth curves. The colors are a variety of blue denim and yellow gold shades created from cross hatch pen strokes of only cyan, yellow, and magenta.

Detail from an abstract pen plot of stacked overlapping geometric shapes with smooth curves. The colors are a variety of denim blue and yellow gold shades created from cross hatch pen strokes of only cyan, yellow, and magenta. The closeup shows individual pen strokes of ink and black outlines.

Detail from an abstract pen plot of stacked overlapping geometric shapes with smooth curves. The colors are a variety of denim blue and yellow gold shades created from cross hatch pen strokes of only cyan, yellow, and magenta. The closeup shows individual pen strokes of ink and black outlines.

Detail from an abstract pen plot of stacked overlapping geometric shapes with smooth curves. The colors are a variety of denim blue and yellow gold shades created from cross hatch pen strokes of only cyan, yellow, and magenta. The closeup shows individual pen strokes of ink and black outlines.

Detail from an abstract pen plot of stacked overlapping geometric shapes with smooth curves. The colors are a variety of denim blue and yellow gold shades created from cross hatch pen strokes of only cyan, yellow, and magenta. The closeup shows individual pen strokes of ink and black outlines.

CMY Carousel showing a flowing field of ribbons of hatched color, swirling around a center vortex.

CMY archival inks on 11x15 watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B pen plotter generated and controlled with Python.

Available in my shop: shop.paulrickards.com/cmy-carousel...

#PenPlotter #Art

22.02.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Clouds Visit the post for more.

By way of some old cloud projects:

2011-2014.tinrocket.com/cloud...
2011-2014.tinrocket.com/anima...

20.02.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thinking about a new portfolio site, but I've been told it's frightening?

20.02.2026 04:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Boop

19.02.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The beag

19.02.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Candy boxes make good bookmarks.

(The candy corn bookmark is actually a bookmark.)

18.02.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's finally melting.

18.02.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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More work on editing and selection: Lasso tool, multi-path/point selection; better UX (staying out of the user's way)

18.02.2026 01:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Worked on interaction today, and added a modifier button for complex selection.

Also, I noticed flickering when deselecting vertices, which means too many redraws, so there's now update coalescing. I'm still in debug (CoreGraphics) drawing mode, but it's noticeably faster now.

17.02.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A watercolor evoking filter on an image of a plank walkway built in a geometric pattern, crossing over a water feature with a grassy garden knoll off to the right. In the background, multistory residential apartments and shops can be seen.

A watercolor evoking filter on an image of a plank walkway built in a geometric pattern, crossing over a water feature with a grassy garden knoll off to the right. In the background, multistory residential apartments and shops can be seen.

A photo I took of Tanner Springs Park in #Portland #Oregon, rendered in a painterly style via Waterlogue 2 by @Tinrocket

(this latest version is very slick!) #NoAI #SilentSunday

16.02.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An image of a MacBook, iPad and iPhone against the background of a coffee shop. At the top of the screen is the SoloTime app icon (a white clock face on a light blue background) and the words "For freelancers, contractors and small businesses". The app is running on all 3 devices - on the Mac it's showing the list if invoices and their respective status', on the iPad it shows the detail of an invoice along with a preview of it and on the iPhone it shows the lists of clients and projects.

An image of a MacBook, iPad and iPhone against the background of a coffee shop. At the top of the screen is the SoloTime app icon (a white clock face on a light blue background) and the words "For freelancers, contractors and small businesses". The app is running on all 3 devices - on the Mac it's showing the list if invoices and their respective status', on the iPad it shows the detail of an invoice along with a preview of it and on the iPhone it shows the lists of clients and projects.

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...

08.02.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

There is a big (free) update coming for Waterlogue; you can give it a try, if you're curious:

bsky.app/profile/tinr...

05.02.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Waterlogue of the Scott Monument, from my trip a few years ago.

05.02.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Note: Unlike the earlier beta (which was a separate app), this new TestFlight updates the original Waterlogue app. The old beta won't receive updatesβ€”you can delete it.

04.02.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join the Waterlogue: Photo to Painting beta Available on iOS

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...

04.02.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Bagel crimes

02.02.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1