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Visit sidecal.co.ukReluctant Founder Ltd · a small UK app studio · est. 2026
The apps I couldn’t
Reluctant Founder is a tiny1 UK studio. One stubborn person, a backlog of ideas, and a worrying inability to leave a good problem alone.
01 The reluctant part
I kept telling people I wasn’t going to start a company.2
Then I needed somewhere to put the apps. An accountant raised an eyebrow. A form on Companies House asked for a name and I typed the most honest thing I could think of.
So this is it: a home for the things I make when I should probably be resting. Reluctant Founder exists so the ideas have somewhere to live, and so I’m forced to take them at least slightly seriously.
Kat, founder (reluctantly)
02 How I work
A few stubborn principles
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Ship small, ship real
No vaporware. No “coming soon” that never comes.3 If it’s listed here, you can actually use it today.
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One idea at a time
Mostly. I’d love to claim relentless focus, but the truth is I finish one thing before letting myself fall for the next.
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Hosted on purpose
Self-hosted where it counts, privacy taken seriously, your data kept in the UK/EU. No surprise third parties reading over your shoulder.
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Made by a human
No growth team, no dark patterns, no “we’ve updated our terms.” Just software made carefully, by someone who’ll read your email.
03 The shelf
Projects & experiments
What’s Occurring?
LiveA daily wellbeing and ALN/SEND tracker for UK schools. Staff log how each child is doing, spot patterns early, and keep parents in the loop. Fully bilingual, English and Cymraeg.4
Visit whatsoccurring.ukThe next one
InevitableThere’s always a next one. That’s rather the whole problem, and the reason this company exists at all.
Got an idea? Tell me →04 Say hello
Want to talk? Found a bug?
Trying to sell me SEO services?5
I read everything. I reply to most of it. The honest stuff gets a faster response than the pitches.
hello@lessonhacker.com