# Scottish Technology Club Bulletin — Week 20, 2026

It's another fun week in the Scottish technology scene. Tuesday is a busy day: I'll be hosting [GlasgowJS with a talk on Service Workers](https://www.meetup.com/glasgow-javascript/events/314202422/), Edinburgh has the [LeadDev meetup](https://www.meetup.com/leaddev-meetup-edinburgh/events/313204714/) and [DundeeScript](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dundee-cyber-script-meetup-tickets-1987926256948) has a talk on "Scaling STV Player for the World Cup".

## 📝 Content from the Community

- The Data Lab streamed [Developing an AI Adoption Strategy in Education - Processes, Insights, and Challenges](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBMn0aegTSU)
- Python Scotland streamed [Why Streamlit is the Missing Piece in Your Analytics Stack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ddMXAdjb4w)
- Chris posted a video on [ESP-IDF 6 Setup in VS Code: Blink & Debug an ESP32-S3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2pIqbZa-iA)
- Kenny released a trailer for a new indie game [Welcome to Cult of PiN - coming summer 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE_gwjz6Ixk)
- TechTalks Edinburgh posted videos of two recent events: [Inside Threat Intelligence: Tracking Threat Actors - Cameron Cottam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z66xIT2_1I4) and [AI Agents Explained: Skills, Loops, and MCP - Oleksandr Piekhota](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-25VCvQ47U)
- Yana posted [The Play-Doh Pivot: Why Users Love Your Product, But Your Growth Is Stagnating](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/play-doh-pivot-why-users-love-your-product-growth-yana-varankova-8gkwe)
- Andrew posted a roundup of posts on his website: [Many articles, plus Event Sourcing Explained using Football](https://acairns.substack.com/p/many-articles-plus-event-sourcing)
- Raesene posted about [Personal Software and BaremetalVMM](https://raesene.github.io/blog/2026/05/10/personal-software-and-baremetalvmm/)
- Kenny wrote about [AI and the business industrial change complex](https://kennyfraser.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-business-industrial-change)
- Sue wrote about when to write code: [On convenience and understanding](https://www.sue.codes/blog/convenienceunderstanding/)
- Tao blogged about Github and [The forge we deserve](https://btao.org/posts/2026-05-09-the-forge-we-deserve/)
- James wrote [Affordances of a screenless writing interface](https://jamesg.blog/2026/05/07/affordances-of-a-screenless-writing-interface)
- Michael posted about [Keeping Your Android App Fresh on the Play Store](https://addjam.com/blog/2026-05-06/keeping-your-android-app-fresh-on-the-play-store/)
- Sandor posted a project: [Party Matcher: Election 2026](https://sandorkardos.com/ai-automation/party-matcher-election-2026/) (As I was on holiday last week, I didn't pick this up in time for the election, but Sandor shared the link in [our Discord community](https://discord.gg/bgHpBkq24p))

## 📅 Tech events across Scotland this week

### Monday 11 May

- [Blockchain Scotland Meetup](https://luma.com/fzcb37dp) — Edinburgh · Blockchain Scotland

### Tuesday 12 May

- [GameDevEd Social Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/edinburgh-game-development-meetup-group/events/313724211/) — Edinburgh · GameDevEd Edinburgh Game Developer Meetup
- [LeadDev Meetup Edinburgh - May 2026](https://www.meetup.com/leaddev-meetup-edinburgh/events/313204714/) — Edinburgh · LeadDev Edinburgh
- [May Meetup - The Zombie Service Worker](https://www.meetup.com/glasgow-javascript/events/314202422/) — Glasgow · GlasgowJS
- [Dundee Cyber & Script Meetup](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dundee-cyber-script-meetup-tickets-1987926256948) — Dundee · cyberQuarter

### Wednesday 13 May

- [Financial Sector Community Kick-off: Shaping the Agenda Together](https://community.thedatalab.com/events/209830) — Online · The Data Lab
- ["Roll Your Own AI: Adventures in Self-Hosting" (MLOps Meetup May 2026)](https://luma.com/887pelox) — Edinburgh · Scotland MLOps Community
- [Authentic Leadership in Tech: Women in Tech Aberdeen Meet-up](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authentic-leadership-in-tech-women-in-tech-aberdeen-meet-up-tickets-1988107937359) — Aberdeen · Women in Tech Aberdeen

### Thursday 14 May

- [JAlba 2026](https://jalba.scot/) — Edinburgh · JAlba
- [After Party: Creative Tech Scotland Gathering](https://community.venturecafeedinburgh.org/events/fc630fba-b4a2-4f75-98b2-b6e3c1169028) — Edinburgh · Venture Cafe Edinburgh

### Friday 15 May

- [Founders Hub - by Bayes and ScotlandIS](https://luma.com/qt0foabr) — Edinburgh · Founders Hub

## 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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