# Alex Scott

> Experience, efficiency and expertise for when the stakes are high.

Alex Scott is a writer, app developer and poker executive in the Isle of Man, and Chief Product Officer at Tequity. This is his personal site: essays on poker, software and game integrity, his book, and the apps he makes. A single-file copy of every essay is at https://scott.co.im/llms-full.txt.

## Book

- [What I Know About Poker, 2027 edition](https://scott.co.im/book/): revised and expanded hardcover on Texas Hold'em, Omaha, and other poker games. ISBN 978-0956715159. Published 24 October 2026. [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/095671515X).

## Apps

- [FiveStripe: BJJ Techniques](https://fivestripe.app/): A free library of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu video lessons, organised by position, with gameplans, a training log and gym curricula. Web, iPhone and iPad, Free. iPhone app coming soon.
- [Eyes Down: Bingo Caller](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/eyes-down-bingo-caller/id6828438474): A bingo caller for real-life games. It puts the board on your TV, speaks the calls and checks printable cards, and players nearby can join from their own phones. iPhone, iPad and Mac, £2.99.
- [TiMMA: Boxing, MMA and BJJ Round Timer](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/timma-boxing-mma-round-timer/id6742450082): A round timer for boxing, MMA and BJJ, with presets for each discipline, a combo coach, bells and a training log. iPhone and iPad, £0.99.
- [Action On You: Poker Timer](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/action-on-you-poker-timer/id6828963028): A shot clock for every poker decision. The players see the countdown while the dealer keeps the controls. iPhone and iPad, £0.99.
- [Simple White Noise](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/simple-white-noise/id6740486971): Sounds for sleep and focus: field recordings and generated noise, a mixer, a sleep timer and focus sessions. iPhone and iPad, £0.99.
- [BlinkFree: Group Photo Fixer](https://scott.co.im/apps/): Combines a few shots of the same group into one photo where nobody blinked, choosing the best faces on your device. iPhone, iPad and Mac, Free to try. Coming soon to the App Store.
- [Roomy: Compress Photos & Video](https://scott.co.im/apps/): Converts older photos and videos in your library to space-saving HEIF and HEVC on your device, checks every result, and frees up storage. iPhone, iPad and Mac, Free to try. Coming soon to the App Store.

All apps: https://scott.co.im/apps/. None of the apps shows ads or collects personal data; see the privacy policy.

## Essays

- [I Vibe Coded a Real Casino Game (Part 6)](https://scott.co.im/2026/04/02/i-vibe-coded-a-real-casino-game/) (2 April 2026): The last of a six-part series. What I learned from vibe coding a casino game, a remote gaming server and a player account system, and what it means for the casino industry.
- [Can I Vibe Code a Real Online Casino Game (Part 5)](https://scott.co.im/2026/03/23/can-i-vibe-code-a-real-online-casino-game-part-5/) (23 March 2026): Part 5 of a six-part series. What makes a casino game ‘real’, and splitting player accounts out into a separate Player Account Management system with a single prompt.
- [Can I Vibe Code a Real Online Casino Game (Part 4)](https://scott.co.im/2026/03/18/can-i-vibe-code-a-real-online-casino-game-part-4/) (18 March 2026): Part 4 of a six-part series. AI background music from Suno, a security audit, and deploying the vibe-coded Plinko game live on Cloudflare and Render.
- [Can I Vibe Code a Real Casino Game (Part 3)](https://scott.co.im/2026/03/11/can-i-vibe-code-a-real-casino-game-part-3/) (11 March 2026): Part 3 of a six-part series. Making the vibe-coded Plinko game look good, and making a server-decided ball fall naturally into the right slot, turns out to be the hardest part so far.
- [Can I Vibe Code a Real Online Casino Game? (Part 2)](https://scott.co.im/2026/03/02/can-i-vibe-code-a-real-online-casino-game-part-2/) (2 March 2026): Part 2 of a six-part series. My one-shot Plinko game runs, but it has no house edge. Fixing the maths model and checking the random number generator.
- [Can I Vibe Code a Real Online Casino Game?](https://scott.co.im/2026/02/26/can-i-vibe-code-a-real-online-casino-game/) (26 February 2026): Part 1 of a six-part series. After twenty years in gaming, I try to build a real, working casino game and remote gaming server using only AI.
- [Does Your Password Look L1k3Th15? Five signs your IT setup might need some TLC](https://scott.co.im/2021/10/18/does-your-password-look-l1k3th15/) (18 October 2021): Five signs your IT setup needs attention, from complex passwords and 30-day password changes to outdated systems, missing monitoring and missing logs.
- [Chamber of Commerce Digital Forum – 2021 Annual Review](https://scott.co.im/2021/10/15/chamber-of-commerce-digital-forum-2021-annual-review/) (15 October 2021): A look back at my first year leading the Isle of Man Chamber of Commerce Digital Forum: a more diverse membership, digital skills and education, and cybersecurity.
- [Apple Silicon – A Literal Game Changer](https://scott.co.im/2020/11/19/apple-silicon-a-literal-game-changer/) (19 November 2020): Apple’s switch to its own ARM-based chips (cleverly branded as Apple Silicon ) is a really interesting move if you’re a techie. A lot has been written…
- [Isai Scheinberg and Ray Bitar – My Experiences with Two Very Different Leaders](https://scott.co.im/2019/12/18/isai-scheinberg-and-ray-bitar-my-experiences-with-two-very-different-leaders/) (18 December 2019): Over the years I’ve enjoyed reading stories from others about their experiences in the early days of the poker industry, working with some of the…
- [How We Made Poker a Little Safer](https://scott.co.im/2019/11/06/how-we-made-poker-a-little-safer/) (6 November 2019): This post was written in November 2019 when I was the Managing Director of Poker at Microgaming. At some point in our lives, we have all lost a bit of…
- [Show Us Your Stats](https://scott.co.im/2019/09/16/show-us-your-stats/) (16 September 2019): This post was written in September 2019, when I was Managing Director of Poker at Microgaming. In recent months we’ve seen a trend for poker operators to…
- [Don’t Make this Common Mistake When Prioritising Software Projects](https://scott.co.im/2019/08/23/dont-make-this-common-mistake-when-prioritising-software-projects/) (23 August 2019): Every company I’ve worked for has had one thing in common – they all generated good ideas faster than they were able to make them a reality. Regardless of…
- [Hand Histories, HUDs & Tracking Software](https://scott.co.im/2019/06/17/hand-histories-huds-tracking-software/) (17 June 2019): This post was written in June 2019 when I was the Managing Director of Poker at Microgaming. There has been a great deal of debate about hand histories,…
- [How MPN Failed to Regulate Affiliates](https://scott.co.im/2017/12/18/mpn-failed-regulate-affiliates/) (18 December 2017): This post was written in December 2017 when I was Head of Product for the poker and bingo business unit at Microgaming. It’s been a terrible few months…
- [Building a Better Fish Party](https://scott.co.im/2016/11/28/building-better-fish-party/) (28 November 2016): This article was written in November 2016 when I was Head of Product for the poker and bingo business unit at Microgaming. When we launched Fish Party…
- [How to Value Poker Players](https://scott.co.im/2016/03/23/value-poker-players/) (23 March 2016): This article was written in March 2016 when I was Head of Poker at Microgaming. Poker players are gripped in a mass delusion right now. They think that…
- [The End of Shortstacking?](https://scott.co.im/2015/11/06/the-end-of-shortstacking/) (6 November 2015): This post was written in November 2015 when I was Head of Poker at Microgaming. Many years ago I wrote for a magazine called InsidePoker Business. It was…
- [Why Most Women Don’t Play Poker](https://scott.co.im/2015/09/01/why-most-women-dont-play-poker/) (1 September 2015): This blog was written in September 2015, when I was Head of Poker at Microgaming. Opinions on women in poker are like bad beat stories. Everyone has one,…
- [A World Without HUDs](https://scott.co.im/2014/12/12/world-without-huds/) (12 December 2014): This blog was written in December 2014 when I was Head of Poker at Microgaming. In my last blog, I discussed the network’s stance on seating scripts. In…
- [The Scripts](https://scott.co.im/2014/10/27/scripts/) (27 October 2014): This blog was published in October 2014, when I was Head of Poker at Microgaming. On the MPN, we’re very transparent about our approach to third party…
- [What Does the MPN do to Protect Player Funds?](https://scott.co.im/2014/08/14/mpn-protect-player-funds/) (14 August 2014): This blog was written in August 2014 when I was Head of Poker at Microgaming. The very first post on this blog was about why the MPN doesn’t communicate…
- [Saying ‘Adiaŭ’ to the English-Only Chat Rule](https://scott.co.im/2014/05/30/saying-adiau-english-chat-rule/) (30 May 2014): This blog was written in May 2014, when I was Head of Poker at Microgaming. Throughout the history of poker, there have been many bad rules. Not being…
- [Why Doesn’t the MPN Talk to Players?](https://scott.co.im/2014/05/14/doesnt-mpn-talk-players/) (14 May 2014): This blog was originally published in May 2014, when I was Head of Poker at Microgaming. It was one of the first things that I asked after joining the MPN…
- [Design Portfolio – One Click Colour Coding](https://scott.co.im/2012/11/16/design-portfolio-one-click-colour-coding/) (16 November 2012): One-Click Colour Coding Full Tilt Poker Q2 2011 Almost all online poker sites allow you to take notes on your opponents, so you can remember how they play…
- [Design Portfolio – Edge Loyalty Program](https://scott.co.im/2012/11/16/design-portfolio-edge-loyalty-program/) (16 November 2012): ‘Edge’ Loyalty Program Full Tilt Poker Q4 2011 to Q2 2012 One of the first things that I wanted to accomplish after I joined the Full Tilt Poker team in…
- [Design Portfolio – Robocap (Dynamic Table Limits)](https://scott.co.im/2012/11/15/design-portfolio-robocap-dynamic-table-limits/) (15 November 2012): Robocap (Dynamic Table Limits) PokerStars Q1 2010 In a live poker game, you can usually only play at one table at any given time for reasons that should…
- [Design Portfolio – Sit & Go Registration Improvements](https://scott.co.im/2012/11/13/design-portfolio-sit-go-registration-improvements/) (13 November 2012): Sit & Go Registration Improvements PokerStars Q1-Q2 2008 A common problem that occurred on PokerStars in 2008 was that you would try to enter a tournament…
- [Design Portfolio – Text Filtering](https://scott.co.im/2012/11/01/design-portfolio-text-filtering/) (1 November 2012): Text Filtering PokerStars Q2 2008 PokerStars Tournament Filter with Text Filter at the Top It’s mid-2008. PokerStars is well-known for its wide selection…
- [Design Portfolio – Index of Features](https://scott.co.im/2012/11/01/design-portfolio-index-of-features/) (1 November 2012): Introduction This is the index for a series of posts which will come together to form a portfolio of the features I have worked on over the course of my…
- [Proactive Responsible Gaming](https://scott.co.im/2012/07/06/proactive-responsible-gaming/) (6 July 2012): I recently read an article in another magazine by Simon Burridge, the CEO of Virgin Games. In the article, Burridge laments the fact that gambling…
- [Underachievers, Please Try Harder](https://scott.co.im/2012/02/20/underachievers-please-try-harder/) (20 February 2012): The past year has been an annus horribilis for the online gaming world, with the actions of the United States Department of Justice acting as a catalyst…
- [Transparency](https://scott.co.im/2011/12/09/transparency/) (9 December 2011): For months now, we’ve been hearing about the effects of Black Friday on the industry and how it supposedly levelled the playing field for operators who…
- [Good Software is Sticky](https://scott.co.im/2011/10/13/good-software-is-sticky/) (13 October 2011): In the past few months much has been spoken, thought and written about ‘good software’ in the online poker industry. Good software, it has been said, is…
- [Continuity of Message](https://scott.co.im/2011/06/20/continuity-of-message/) (20 June 2011): Throughout the past few years, businesses in our industry have started to realise that poker has become a truly global game. Even before Black Friday, the…
- [Gold Farming](https://scott.co.im/2011/01/14/gold-farming/) (14 January 2011): The online poker industry, and the poker-playing public, is at war with bots – that is, computer software that plays poker without human intervention. At…
- [Security Alliance](https://scott.co.im/2010/10/24/security-alliance/) (24 October 2010): All reputable online poker companies employ security staff, both to protect the company’s interests by preventing fraud, and to protect the players’…
- [Poker Expertise](https://scott.co.im/2010/10/24/poker-expertise/) (24 October 2010): What is the most important asset that a poker business has? This is a question that many companies have had to think about as the industry of which we are…

## Topics

- [Game integrity](https://scott.co.im/category/game-integrity/): Essays on keeping poker fair: bots, collusion, tracking software and security.
- [Poker industry](https://scott.co.im/category/poker-industry/): Essays on the business of online poker: operators, players, rake and regulation.
- [Responsible gaming](https://scott.co.im/category/responsible-gaming/): Essays on protecting players from gambling harm.
- [Software design](https://scott.co.im/category/software-design/): Essays on designing and prioritising software.
- [Technology](https://scott.co.im/category/technology/): Essays on AI, vibe coding, cyber security and the digital economy.
- [Design portfolio](https://scott.co.im/category/design-portfolio/): Features I designed for poker software, and how they turned out.

## Also

- [Media appearances](https://scott.co.im/media-appearances/)
- [All writing](https://scott.co.im/blog/)
- [Privacy policy](https://scott.co.im/privacy-policy/): the apps collect no personal data; the site sets no cookies of its own and runs no analytics or ads.
- [Full text of every essay](https://scott.co.im/llms-full.txt)
- Contact: alex@scott.co.im