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Michael Hayes
Keeping Your Android App Fresh on the Play Store
Android apps in 2026 need regular updates or Google Play quietly stops showing them. What that means for your app's planning and budget.
Insights and advice on building brilliant software products
Tap into expert guidance from our seasoned team at Add Jam, where we specialise in creating cutting-edge React Native apps, robust Ruby on Rails solutions, and dynamic React web applications. Discover actionable tips and insights to elevate your business, enhance your products and services, and drive meaningful innovation.
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Michael Hayes
We Built Two Health Apps Because Our 30s Hit Different
Two co-founders in their 30s. Two personal health frustrations. Two apps built to solve them. Here's why we made Food Noise Tracker and Weight Habits.
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Michael Hayes
The Tools Our Dev Team Actually Uses in 2026
Our dev tools have changed more in 18 months than the previous five years. Here's what a UK software team actually uses day to day in 2026.
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Michael Hayes
Do Code Smells Matter in 2026?
LLMs happily ship code riddled with magic numbers, duplication and tangled coupling. Does it still matter in 2026? Yes, and here's why.
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Michael Hayes
How to Deploy Your Vibe Coded Project
You've vibe coded an MVP with Claude or Cursor. Now how do you actually get it online? A non-technical guide to deployment options in 2026.
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Michael Hayes
What's on my iPhone lock screen in 2026
A look at my iPhone lock screen setup in 2026. Three Focus Modes, custom widgets and why my lock screen changes more than my home screen.
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Michael Hayes
Introducing Braw Weather - A Scots Weather App with Taps Aff Alerts
Braw Weather is our new iOS weather app built for Scotland. Taps aff widgets, Scots vocabulary and global weather showdowns.
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Michael Hayes
Have Some Fun with Claude Code
Claude Code is more than a coding assistant. Here are some fun commands, tools and community hacks that make working with it genuinely enjoyable.
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Daniel Taylor
React Native Offline Data with React Query and Zustand
How we handle offline data in a production React Native app using React Query for server state and Zustand for local caching. Practical patterns that work.
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Daniel Taylor
Introducing Cyber Check for Mac and Windows
We built Cyber Check, a desktop app that automates Cyber Essentials Plus device auditing. Here's what it does, where it came from and why it exists.
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Daniel Taylor
Optimising React Native App Performance in 2026
Practical React Native performance optimisations we applied to a production app. From taming re-renders and Zustand store writes to batching API data and making maps usable.
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Daniel Taylor
Our Experience Adding E2E Testing to React Native with Maestro
We added end-to-end testing to a React Native project using Maestro. Here's what we liked, what we ran into and whether we'd recommend it.