# Scottish Technology Club Bulletin — Week 7, 2026

It looks like a busy few weeks coming up with lost of interesting events in the
Scottish technology community. People have been blogging, vlogging and streaming
too. I added a "Register on Luma" button to the website for events hosted on the
Luma platform, making it a click easier to get tickets. I posted a small demo on
[Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/jamiemchale.com/post/3me74vi7fe22f) and on
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jamiemchale_just-added-a-helpful-luma-registration-button-activity-7425548465633488896-lbhY).

📝 Content from the community:

- Chris compares:
  [Amazon Basics vs SanDisk](https://atomic14.substack.com/p/amazon-basics-vs-sandisk-i-cut-them)
- Michael wrote about
  [What We Learned doing Cyber Essentials Plus Certification (And Why It Matters in the AI Era)](https://addjam.com/blog/2026-02-05/cyber-essentials-plus-what-it-means-for-ai-era)
- Olly
  [hatched an AI bot and now it's writing a coming-of-age blog](https://olly.world/i-hatched-an-ai-bot-and-now-its-writing-a-coming-of-age-blog)
- Kenny wrote up thoughts about where AI fits into the software as a service
  industry:
  [The fall and rise of SaaS](https://kennyfraser.substack.com/p/the-fall-and-rise-of-saas)
- Owain fixed an issue
  [Upgrading Umbraco 13 to Umbraco 17](https://owain.codes/blog/2026/february/upgrading-umbraco-13-to-umbraco-17-issue/)
  (note the upcoming
- [Umbraco Edinburgh](https://www.meetup.com/umbraco-scotland/events/313221039/)
  meetup on 25th!)
- Jimmy, who runs the [Postgres Edinburgh](https://luma.com/uj0qvxqk) meetup
  posted a video of his talk at FOSDEM:
  ["Drop-in Replacement": Defining Compatibility for Postgres and MySQL Derivatives](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXkdJH_ztpA)
- Python Scotland streamed their talk on
  [Github Codespaces for Python Data Analysis](https://www.youtube.com/live/ZsoH3S7CHM4?si=yULlfusN8NuXbB3L&t=75)
- Andy posted a video on
  [Building a Fyne pet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcbPo1PTfCQ)
- TechTalks Edinburgh posted two videos of their recent meetup:
  [Doing 0→1. My Tips and Tricks - Illia Kucheriavyi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BpBzIJHPnM)
  and
  [Keywords to Context: Elasticsearch - AI-Powered Search Engine - Emmanuel Demey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWuZEVklv-k)
- Sarah explained
  [Terraform Data Sources | Read Existing Infrastructure the Right Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-g1w2HphcI)


💼 Jobs

- [Test Lead, NDP Developer Platform Services](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=239810)
at NHS

## 📅 Tech events across Scotland this week

### Tuesday 10 February

- [Cyber Scotland Connect: Edinburgh Meetup at CodeBase!](https://www.meetup.com/cyberscotconnect/events/312549322/) — Edinburgh · Cyber Scotland Connect
- [GameDevEd Social Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/edinburgh-game-development-meetup-group/events/312531021/) — Edinburgh · GameDevEd Edinburgh Game Developer Meetup
- [Homebrew Website Club Edinburgh: Writing Hour](https://events.indieweb.org) — Edinburgh · IndieWeb Edinburgh
- [National Conversations, putting digital technology at the heart of political life in Scotland and Wales. - Teacake Tech Scotland](https://www.teacaketech.scot/our-virtual-events/2026-02-10/) — Teacake Tech Scotland

### Wednesday 11 February

- [Coffee Morning @ Black Sheep](https://luma.com/qiwgpwep) — Dundee · Makers Gonna Make Dundee
- [Female Founder Coworking Club Glasgow](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/female-founder-coworking-club-glasgow-tickets-1981092170010) — Glasgow · Barclays Eagle Labs Scotland
- [Female Founder Co Working Club Aberdeen - Feb 26](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/female-founder-co-working-club-aberdeen-feb-26-tickets-1981320341477) — Aberdeen · Barclays Eagle Labs Scotland
- [Vibe Coding Collective in Edinburgh](https://www.meetup.com/vibe-coding-collective/events/313218720/) — Edinburgh · Vibe Coding Collective

### Thursday 12 February

- [Blockchain Scotland Meetup](https://luma.com/49erikc9) — Edinburgh · Blockchain Scotland
- [Glasgow AI - The first Event!](https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-xnqxwqzu/events/313186559/) — Glasgow · Glasgow AI
- [LeadDev Meetup Edinburgh - February 2026](https://www.meetup.com/leaddev-meetup-edinburgh/events/312787485/) — Edinburgh · LeadDev Edinburgh
- [20 years cutting Ruby: reflections on public vs private sector](https://www.meetup.com/scotrug/events/313195120/) — EH3 9QG · Scottish Ruby User Group
- [PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup Feb 2026](https://luma.com/uj0qvxqk) — Edinburgh · PostgresEdi

### Friday 13 February

- [Founders Hub - by Bayes and ScotlandIS](https://luma.com/9mt5i9i2) — 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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