Timo 🌱

New year = mental cleanup. Fewer notes. Fewer tabs. Clear priorities. Shipping what matters most. Building without burning out. Building body, family, and apps. 2026 will be my year. 🥳

GM! What are you building today?

@CestIvan Tried Reddit again and went good. Up next I'll focus on pSEO and at some parts on Reddit What did you tried and worked for you?

@TimoBuilds_ That tension is real - bugs feel urgent, marketing feels optional. But going quiet loses the feedback that shapes better features. What was the marketing approach you tried before the bug spiral?

Building a business on the side is hard. I sit down to build, hit a bug, fix one thing, break another. Again. Again. Again. Then after days, I finally solve it. And suddenly I realize: that “1 hour a day” was my whole week. That’s the part that hits hard. Because building is only half of it. I also need to market. Reply to people. Write posts. Share progress. Build in public. Do the stuff that actually gets me seen. So the next week goes into distribution instead of development. And just like that, progress feels slow. Very slow. Sometimes that’s frustrating. But I’m doing this next to a 9 to 5, leading a team, showing up for my family, taking care of the house, and trying not to neglect my own health. So maybe slow is just the price of building a real life and a real business at the same time. Still moving forward. And it's worth it. Some are playing video games, i keep building the future. But I don’t forget myself.

16 y/o guys making $1,000 MRR. Respect. But I’m more impressed by people who keep building at 30+ with a job, a family, and zero time. That game is harder.

[Day 193] building in public powered by movement Project: FocusMap .pro ❌ AI roadmap generation still failing ❌ still getting sample data back ✅ added favicon preview for entered URLs One bug fixed. Two still fighting back. Calling it a night. Real life tomorrow. Sleep > debugging. Playing the long game. Walked 6,400 steps. Burned 250 calories. Still 167 kcal above my 1,000 kcal deficit target today. Keep moving.

I was playing Need for Speed and eating cereal at that age we are not the same

@csaba_kissi Thanks Csaba, and also for following my journey ! btw. it was long ago that I've saw your gym here. Might be the time for a post 😌

@TimoBuilds_ Just keep pushing buddy!

@csaba_kissi Thank you for sharing, motivating and confirming my plan with your journey to keep going. Feels like I'm on the right way here.

@TimoBuilds_ Yes, it may become a key factor. I built one project after another

@csaba_kissi In my experience is failing the fastest way to success, if you instantly start again So failing fast might be the best thing what possibly could happen

@TimoBuilds_ Yes. Consistency is the key here. You have to learn from mistakes and fail multiple times. That's how it usually works.

@CestIvan I did some marketing before, but already feeling back while fighting the bug for too long I've built a unique feedback and roadmap tool for solo founders, in this case, I've added a free roadmap generation created by data scraping from the entered URL (not live yet)

@TimoBuilds_ The loop is real. And the cruel part: the same night you fix the last bug, you realize you haven't done any marketing in 3 weeks. What are you building?

@alexcloudstar It's frustrating and the most valuable thing at a time to keep all on track

@TimoBuilds_ Oh man, I feel this so much. Balancing all that while indie building can be a real mental marathon 🤔

The work is not always the hardest part. It’s carrying all of it in my head at once. The app. The bug. The next feature. The marketing. My team. My family. My health. The house. The million small things in between. Sometimes the real exhaustion is not doing the work. It’s holding all the tabs open. 🫠

I felt back pain already with 23 yo, so i know that really well, but fighted it and leaned a lot for prevention of coming back Most people are sitting too long the whole day and got too less movement, so their muscles are underpowered and can't protect room pain anymore Building muscles = avoiding back pain Surely for all kind of, but for the most ones

@TimoBuilds_ Try 54…the chair kills my aching back 🤣🤣🤣

@csaba_kissi Seems like it worked very well for you. I guess consistency does matter most?

@TimoBuilds_ I did the same. Took a long time but worked.

@rohidasgowda @marclou haha love that relatability

@TimoBuilds_ @marclou Found a guy who is relatable to me. Not 10K followers in 10 weeks. 😂

14 years ago I signed up here. For years, this was basically a dead account. Auto-posts from my blogs, no real connection to Twitter, no real conversations, around 20 followers for almost 10 years. Then in 2024 I found @marclou on YouTube, discovered build in public, and started showing up here for real. Now I’m at 2.7k followers, getting close to 2.8k. Biggest learning: X only started to matter when I stopped broadcasting and started connecting. Thanks you for following me and my journey. More to come!

@ezgicodes @marclou and stories

@TimoBuilds_ @marclou people don’t follow content, they follow connection

@JesusAnutrof So true man! It's the only MRR i have 😂

@TimoBuilds_ and also making more money on 9-5 I don't know why but it's like we don't count salary at MRR but it is MRR

build with your users before wasting months like me with a unique feedback and roadmap tool I've built to fix that: focusmap.pro

There’s a weird kind of guilt in building on the side: When I work on my app, I feel like I should also be resting. When I rest, I feel like I should be building. When I build, I know I should also be marketing. And when I market, I feel behind on product again. That tension is probably one of the hardest parts.

@alexcloudstar but broo, did you moved today?

@TimoBuilds_ Nice start, Timo! Fresh air and quiet mornings are gold. Started mine with some code ☕️

Before work could ask anything from me, I was already on the bike. It was cold, the road was quiet, and the first sun hit my face. As a dad with a 9 to 5 and side projects in the background, I need moments like this. How did your day start?