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Michael Hayes
Essential Free Resources for Scottish Startup Founders
A curated collection of useful free resources, communities and support available to tech startup founders in Scotland.
Advice posts from the Add Jam team
Explore our 10 posts in the Advice category. Gain expert insights and practical advice on this topic.
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Michael Hayes
Simplifying Rails Controllers with Concerns - Real-world Examples from Our Projects
Keep your Rails controllers clean and maintainable with Controller Concerns. Real-world examples from Add Jam production applications.
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Michael Hayes
Choosing Your Tech Stack as a Startup: A Practical Guide for 2025
A no-nonsense guide to selecting the right tech stack for your startup. Avoid common pitfalls and make decisions that set your business up for success.
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Michael Hayes
How to use Rails Model Concerns
How to use Rails model concerns for maintainable, scalable apps. Practical examples and code snippets from a decade of Rails development.
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Michael Hayes
Very Demure, Very Mindful - Crafting the perfect MVP without overengineering
How a 'very demure, very mindful' approach helped us ship the Glasgow Subcrawl MVP, avoiding overengineering and validating the concept fast.
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Chris Sloey
Get to know the Glasgow Tech Scene
Explore Glasgow's vibrant tech ecosystem and free meetups. Connect, learn and thrive in one of Scotland's largest and most active tech hubs.
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Michael Hayes
Native vs Cross-Platform Mobile Development in 2024
Native vs cross-platform mobile development compared. Pros, cons, cost implications, and why a third approach might be the best fit for your project.
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Chris Sloey
A crash course in ASO
How App Store Optimisation (ASO) techniques can significantly improve your app's visibility, downloads and sales, drawn from a decade of experience.
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Michael Hayes
What if I make a mistake?
Are you a founder? You have to accept it is inevitable you will make mistakes. Embracing them is crucial for growth and success of your business.
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Michael Hayes
Productivity apps for small businesses on macOS
Discover the top productivity apps for small businesses using macOS. Streamline your workflows and boost efficiency with these powerful tools.
Recent case studies
Here's a look at some of products we've brought to market recently
Cyber Check - Cyber Essentials Compliance, Simplified
A desktop application that automates Cyber Essentials Plus device auditing. Built from our own certification experience because manually checking 50 security settings across every machine is nobody's idea of a good time.
With Jack - Freelance Insurance
With Jack offers peace of mind and protection for UK freelance creatives and SMEs. Friendly, personable and reliable insurance.
Simple ASO Keyword Tool - Free ASO Platform
We built a free, no-nonsense App Store Optimization tool that helps developers avoid common keyword mistakes and boost their app's visibility. What started as an afternoon project has evolved into a suite of free ASO tools helping app creators worldwide get their apps discovered.