# Scottish Technology Club Bulletin — Week 49, 2025

This is the penultimate bulletin of the year, so if you have something to
announce to the tech community before the end of the year then please do send it
in for the last edition.

There are lots of Christmas Parties over the next few weeks, including the
Scottish Technology Club
[Christmas Social in Edinburgh](https://www.meetup.com/edinburghjs/events/312045666/)
on 16th, please RSVP via the Meetup event to secure your spot. I'm also holding
a planning meeting for the JavaScript meetups
[online this Tuesday](https://www.meetup.com/edinburghjs/events/311418864/).

There are still many tech meetups happening, including the first meeting of the
[newly announced Postgres Edinburgh Meetup](https://vyruss.org/blog/inaugural-postgresql-edinburgh-meetup.html)
next week. Great to see yet another technical event launched! RCS are holding a
[crossover event with Creative Tech Scotland](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crossover-with-creative-tech-scotland-gathering-tickets-1954415793249)
this Thursday in Glasgow, and it's the last MLOps of the year
[on Friday](https://luma.com/wrkzc6ov).

Folks across Scotland are posting blogs and vlogs on tech topics (if you fancy
writing / posting in 2026 and want help getting started, get in touch!):

- James worked on
  [Validate Everything](https://jamesg.blog/2025/11/28/validate-everything) and
  [experimented with web design](https://jamesg.blog/2025/11/29/experimenting-with-web-design)
- Sarah wrote about Terraform
  [tfvars files](https://www.techielass.com/what-is-a-tfvars-file-in-terraform-and-how-do-you-use-it/)
- Nicola blogged about how to
  [Create custom GPS route maps in R](https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/gps-route-map-r/)
- The Data Lab posted videos on
  [Accessible Data Visualisation in the Age of AI with Jenny Gates](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBRvDpWHiLI)
  and
  [Everybody is Doing Dashboards, So How Can Mine Stand Out?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_6GJIRMWoA)
- Jon wrote "Some thoughts about integrated AI and the future of knowledge":
  [The Analytical Maxim Gun](https://jonminton.github.io/jon-blog/posts/analytical-maxim-gun/)
- Andy posted a demo of a feature of apptrix ai:
  [Zooming the editor view](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzeK5BEuHQ4)

## 📅 Tech events across Scotland this week

### Tuesday 2 December

- [ScotlandIS Tech Tidbits: Journey to ISO Certification](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotlandis-tech-tidbits-journey-to-iso-certification-tickets-1916022407599) — Online · scotlandis
- [Photonics for Space Special Interest Group](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/photonics-for-space-special-interest-group-tickets-1974764909002) — Glasgow · Technology Scotland
- [GameDevEd Social Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/edinburgh-game-development-meetup-group/events/307673076/) — Edinburgh · GameDevEd Edinburgh Game Developer Meetup
- [ScotRUG Social in Glasgow](https://www.meetup.com/scotrug/events/312220308/) — Glasgow · Scottish Ruby User Group
- [Spark & Share: WiT Aberdeen Community Showcase](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spark-share-wit-aberdeen-community-showcase-tickets-1924578057779) — Aberdeen · Women in Tech Aberdeen
- [AIoT Hub - Quantum Edge AI Rountable](https://www.meetup.com/aiothub-scotland/events/311812222/) — Online · IOT North - Scotland Meetup
- [Planning for Spring 2026](https://www.meetup.com/edinburghjs/events/311418864/) — Online · EdinburghJS

### Wednesday 3 December

- [Helping the Third Sector Stay Safe Online: Dundee](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helping-the-third-sector-stay-safe-online-dundee-tickets-1414902514509) — Dundee · scotlandis
- [In Conversation with Kat McGurk](https://www.meetup.com/techsysters/events/311974531/) — Edinburgh · TechSysters
- [People, Maps and Llamas: using Python at EDINA and the UK Data Service](https://www.meetup.com/python-glasgow/events/311563081/) — Glasgow · Python Glasgow

### Thursday 4 December

- [Digital Critical Friends Information Session](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-critical-friends-information-session-tickets-1968163015561) — Online · scotlandis
- [Umbraco 17 - LTS Launch Party 🎉](https://www.meetup.com/umbraco-scotland/events/311738314/) — Glasgow · Umbraco Scotland
- [Crossover with Creative Tech Scotland Gathering](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crossover-with-creative-tech-scotland-gathering-tickets-1954415793249) — Glasgow · RCS Engage
- [Pub Social + Quiz](https://luma.com/565w6uyv) — Dundee · Makers Gonna Make Dundee
- [Tech MeetUp - Christmas Party (Ticket Only Event)](https://www.meetup.com/techmeetup/events/311630524/) — Glasgow G2 4HG · TechMeetup Glasgow

### Friday 5 December

- [Bayes and ScotlandIS Founders Hub](https://luma.com/id4ntpvf) — Edinburgh · Founders Hub
- [Monthly tech meetup at The Gamer Club \[1st Fridays of the month\]](https://www.meetup.com/open-source-glasgow/events/311966178/) — Glasgow · Open Source Glasgow
- [2600 Glasgow - Informal hacker/infosec/computer security meetup](https://www.meetup.com/glasgow-computer-security-meetup-group/events/311962366/) — Glasgow · Glasgow Computer Security Meetup
- [🥳 The last MLOps of the year](https://luma.com/wrkzc6ov) — Edinburgh · Scotland MLOps Community

## About Scottish Technology Club

Scottish Technology Club is a community for Scotland’s technology sector, run by [Jamie McHale](https://jamiemchale.com/). Jamie is an entrepreneur and software engineer who provides software development, technology consulting, and contracting services to startups and other organisations through [Telaco](https://www.telaco.com/).

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