Bas Fijneman

So Ballast is the fitness tracker I built for myself. It's open source for you to do whatever you want with it! 😁 github.com/N-O-P-E/Ballast - Fully customizable - No database, just JSON (export/import your data anytime) - Runs as a PWA, has been a breeze - Been using it for 3 months and honestly it's all I need

@benspringwater Excited to see what you are cooking for the next app!

While we continue to ship improvements to Matter and Halo, our team has started cooking on a third app. The concept is near and dear to my heart and will be our most opinionated product yet. Not quite ready to share more, but will soon. Feel free to drop a comment to follow along.

@cesaralvarezll That is such a unique way to do it, are you not afraid people find it annoying since they are still at onboarding? I mean you proved it already but still thinking about that

Want to increase your reviews and rating of your app? Ask for a review mid onboarding. That’s how I reached almost 100 reviews with a 4.8 rating.

Running my SaaS, I'm realizing prompt engineering isn't going away, it's becoming as fundamental as writing good copy or explaining your product clearly. It's literally how we communicate with AI tools that run half our operations now. (or the whole operation) 😅

@benspringwater that is so nice! Having streaks in an app is so good to build these habits right!

The habit I am most proud of and that has had the biggest impact in my life is exercising 30+ minutes every day. Currently on a 271 day streak.

@stijnvwx Good luck! Really like the logo for the app! 😍

Finally submitted version 2.0 of Kito for review.

@Layton_Gott Lets go!

95 more to go…

@thekchasiotis consistence is key!

my 1st tweet, flopped. my 70th tweet, flopped. my 150th tweet, flopped. my 300th tweet, flopped. my 650th tweet, flopped. my 1,000st tweet, flopped. my 5,000st tweet, flopped. my 5,0001st, tweet popped. this stuff takes time. just saying.

@mes28io very very nice, congrats!!

1 shot, baby!

@SuiBuilds hahahha don't think about that Sui!

@bas_fijneman maybe x starts another purge and they are gone in 1 day 😂

Yesterday 2.5K followers. Today 2.6K. 🥳 Are the bots back? 😅 Happy to connect 🤝

@BelloAbdul28775 @tf_PrabaL Getting active users!

@bas_fijneman @tf_PrabaL Hey, quick one — what’s been the hardest part of growing your SaaS right now?

Finally reached my first 100 followers!! I’m grateful for each one of you ✨ Stay with me on this journey ☺️

@shobhittt007 sooo sick!!

🚀 JUST WENT NUCLEAR ON X 🚀 • 6M+ impressions • 73.1K engagements • 46.2K likes • Profile visits: +10,000% • Replies: +10,000% • Reposts: +10,000% • Bookmarks: +10,000% • Likes growth: +4,000,000% (yes, insane 🤯) From basically zero → explosive growth in record time. 🔥 Want this level of growth in 2026? • Comment “GROWTH” • I’ll DM you my exact playbook • No fluff — only what actually works

@SeHozaifa For sure, iterate on apps that are already there, make that 1 thing that sucks on your competitors app and make that 10 times better!

@bas_fijneman I feel this every day 😅 Too many apps, too many tools. But maybe my idea can still help someone.

Every market looks saturated. Every problem seems solved. Every niche has established players. Everyday I think: people don't want another tool. They want YOUR version of it, spin something up, make it better. The one that finally makes sense to them.

@GuptaSayujya lets get ittt

@bas_fijneman Told ya, 500 super soon

Actually crazy, yesterday I tweeted that I was 15 away from 150 and we are now already closing in on 200! It is very nice to connect with you all, feel free to send me a message or spar with me about anything! 🔥

@Hannesnvr Thanks Hannes! 👊🏼

@bas_fijneman Congrats 🙌🏼

@dhruvtwt_ Congrats man!!! huge growth in just 10 days! 🔥

3K. Nice.

Hi Gabriel, first of all congratulations with the best job in the world with that being a dad! Dad of 2 here (2 and 4 years old) and my youngest is still not sleeping through the nights. It depends on how good you can function with not a lot of sleep to be honest. Also make some adjustments in your schedule, plan around your little one. This made things so much easier for me. I also try to be as efficient with my time as possible, so having some clear goals what you want to achieve will cut out a lot of "wasted" time (time you actually want to sleep) And one of the biggest things for me was finding a friend/cofounder that can actually motivate you and the other way around to get things done! I hope you, the little one and mom are doing great! Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeep pushing! 👶🏼

Dadpreneurs! How do you do it!??? As a new dad, im in the newborn trenches tbh feel like a walking zombie and i literally dont have time to work on my projects. What does/did your schedule look like in those first few months?? Any advice would be awesome! You guys are amazing

@timonikolai That is a really nice graph you have there Nikolai 🔥 Let's connect, can learn a thing of 2 from you I feel like!

doesn’t get much better than this tbh