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We’re introducing a new model benchmark. And it’s a different kind of benchmark. (Basemark? Vibench?) A different kind because it’s breathing, constantly updated from millions of builders. Not a closed set of tasks. For a while now the public benchmark have not been really use…↗

1/ Base44 ended up making $189K *profit* in May - not $100K as expected. What changed: – Faster, unexpected growth – Drastically reduced LLM costs (see cost graph below) Sharing some details on what helped improve margins 🧵↗

·@MaorShlomo·Jun 4, 2025·essay·base44·growth·llm·margins

Hackathon Special Release: 4 Major Upgrades to Base44 We’ve been working behind the scenes to give you the best hackathon experience. Today, you are getting early access to some huge new features:↗

·@MaorShlomo·Apr 28, 2025·launch·base44·hackathon·product-updates

I’ve scaled Base44 bootstrapped, solo, and mostly organically. Once things started clicking - it took 3 weeks to go from $0 to $1M ARR, and 7 weeks to cross 140k users But before that, I failed miserably at marketing. Here’s a long thread of what worked and what didn’t 🧵↗

·@MaorShlomo·Apr 14, 2025·essay·arr·base44·growth·marketing