# Scottish Technology Club Bulletin — Week 8, 2026

There is a new (and frantic) energy over the past few months in the software industry as people figure out how to use AI both in and to build their projects. There are a fair few demo nights, vibe coding sessions and new meetups being launched. I'm keen to hear from people about what they are building. We have an AI channel in [our Discord server](https://discord.gg/bgHpBkq24p) and I'm happy to host lunch-n-learn or evening video chats for people to share tips and tricks. Let me know if you'd be interested?

This week I'll be hosting EdinburghJS where we'll be hearing from Oleksandr Piekhota on [WordPress, Next.js, and Cloudflare](https://luma.com/edinburghjs-feb-2026). I hope to see people there!

I added a quick Luma registration link to the website, for events hosted on the Luma platform. I posted a demo video on [my LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jamiemchale_just-added-a-helpful-luma-registration-button-activity-7425548465633488896-lbhY) and [on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/jamiemchale.com/post/3me74vi7fe22f]).

Dave Craig posted in [our Discord](https://discord.com/channels/1070090207388499968/1070090207388499971/1470427951211352220) seeking help with Soundscape App, supported by the [Scottish Tech Army](https://www.scottishtecharmy.org/).

> The app helps people who are blind and visually impaired explore and navigate
> ...What we're looking for are some native speakers of languages other than English who can either help review our current language support or help with adding a new language.

Hop into the [Discord message](https://discord.com/channels/1070090207388499968/1070090207388499971/1470427951211352220) or check out the [Github Repo](https://scottish-tech-army.github.io/Soundscape-Android/).

📝 Content from the community

- John built a [GREMLIN, his AI-Powered Assistant](https://peebs.org/introducing-gremlin-my-ai-powered-assistant/)
- Andy spent time [Exploring some Fyne games](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcwV3378-SU)
- Chris [turned an ESP32 into a Thermal USB Webcam](https://atomic14.substack.com/p/i-turned-an-esp32-into-a-thermal)
- Jon discussed [repeated measures data](https://jonminton.github.io/jon-blog/posts/handdrawn-stats/repeated-measures-transcribed/index.html), and how such data should be modelled (using Claude to transcribe his handwritten notes), and used R to analyse his blog data: [Blog Archaeology: Mapping the Territory](https://jonminton.github.io/jon-blog/posts/blog-archaeology-2026/index.html)
- Rebecca wrote up [research and design notes on design for rare-disease accessibility](https://digital-boop.co.uk/my-impact/mini-minder-research/) for the 2026 NVIDIA GTC Golden Ticket Hackathon
- Olly [experimented with Ubicloud](https://olly.world/da0d97b5)
- Jimmy blogged about [PostgresEDI Feb 2026 Meetup](https://vyruss.org/blog/postgresedi-feb-2026-meetup-two-talks.html)
- James posted on [Adding multiple h-feeds to the same web page](https://jamesg.blog/2026/02/13/multiple-h-feeds-same-page/)
- David [mapped Scotland's GPs](https://www.davidtoy.co.uk/blog/mapping-scotlands-gps) (and launched his new website!)

💼 Jobs

- [Full Stack AI Engineer](https://www.askvinny.com/resources/careers/full-stack-ai-engineer) at Vinny
- [Engineering Manager, Full Stack](https://www.skyscanner.net/jobs/job/7597724) at Skyscanner

## 📅 Tech events across Scotland this week

### Monday 16 February

- [Linux command line basics for beginners (and hackers!)](https://www.meetup.com/open-source-glasgow/events/313063365/) — Glasgow · Open Source Glasgow
- [Overthewire.org war games workshop - Hacker games and tutorials](https://www.meetup.com/glasgow-computer-security-meetup-group/events/313064677/) — Glasgow · Glasgow Computer Security Meetup

### Tuesday 17 February

- [GameDevEd Social Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/edinburgh-game-development-meetup-group/events/313098704/) — Edinburgh · GameDevEd Edinburgh Game Developer Meetup
- [February Meetup - WordPress, Next.js and Cloudflare](https://www.meetup.com/edinburghjs/events/313118474/) — Edinburgh · EdinburghJS

### Wednesday 18 February

- [Support digital business transformation- Highlands and Islands](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/support-digital-business-transformation-highlands-and-islands-tickets-1978430176917) — Online · scotlandis

### Thursday 19 February

- [Manufacturing &Fabrication for Critical Technologies Special Interest Group](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manufacturing-fabrication-for-critical-technologies-special-interest-group-tickets-1980169686838) — Glasgow · Technology Scotland
- [Feb 2026: accessibility analysis and interpreting visualisations](https://www.meetup.com/edinbr/events/313306460/) — Edinburgh · EdinbR - Edinburgh R User Group
- [Hack Thursday!](https://www.meetup.com/glasgow-computer-security-meetup-group/events/313064679/) — Glasgow · Glasgow Computer Security Meetup

### Friday 20 February

- [Founders Hub - by Bayes and ScotlandIS](https://luma.com/r109n2hz) — Edinburgh · Founders Hub

### Saturday 21 February

- [Makers gonna make - Episode 12](https://luma.com/lqj24155) — Edinburgh · Makers Gonna Make

## 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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