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Runner and reader, freelance coder. Building a community @scottishtechnology.club Organise @edinburghjs.org and @glasgowjs.org 📍Edinburgh / Scotland 🌐 jamiemchale.com
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Panorama of Edinburgh 1788 by Robert Barker. A circular painting capturing a realistic view of 18th century Edinburgh from Calton Hill. A reproduction will be on display in General Register House, Princes Street, between 26 May and 27 June. #ScotlandsPeople #Edinburgh

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Edinburgh Trams now has "tap on", integrating with the buses. But you also have to "tap off" or you are charged the airport rate. Why not make people just tap off at the airport instead? edinburghtrams.com/news/tap-tap...

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11km around Parkrun and back with the boy in the buggy, so a wee treat from the new Toscano sandwich place in Bruntsfield for lunch. Recommended!

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After adding a jobs channel to the community Discord and featuring some in the newsletter, I'm going to start posting them on the ScottishTechnology.club BlueSky account. So if you are hiring for tech roles in Scotland (or remote) then give me a shout.

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After a lovely April break, we are back with another block of JS meetups (May, June and July in both Glasgow and Edinburgh). Keen to speak to potential speakers! Next event is 6th May in Glasgow 📅

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There was a turtle at the loch!

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👋 shout out to @cityjsconf.bsky.social - Ricardo won the ticket prize draw at @glasgowjs.org and loved attending - "It was fabulous!"

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I think AI can have some uses here - I have used it to give me a rough summary of different areas so I can figure out what I might like to investigate; it can also iterate through different itineraries to spark some ideas or scenarios. A creative aid, not an end-to-end planner.

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No idea how it appeared in my Spotify library - but the playlist “And the Roots of Rhythm Remain” is fun. Seems to accompany a book 🎶 open.spotify.com/playlist/…

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It’s my birthday, so celebrated in my favourite way. 🥪

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Lunch at The Beach House and a wander on the sand 📸

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And another Scottish org for technologists and innovators 👇

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Another Scottish tech meetup for folks to follow on here 👇 (always keen to find more!)

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Key take away from “What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers” - the process matters for creativity: "“I have no idea how he ended up as an art director when he can’t visualise what he wants in his h... https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2025/04/08/key-take-away-from-what/

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Just reading “What it’s like to interview a software engineer preparing with AI” where candidates basically used AI to fake or puff up their experience. Seems to me like meetups/in-person connections will become more important to validate what people really know and what they are really like.

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I have a question for ecosystem builders: what has more impact on community health - regular monthly technical meetups, or annual larger conferences?

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Princes St Gardens had the air of Chiang Yee's lovely work 'The castle in the summer haze', today. So little's changed in the view since it was painted in 1948. #edinburgh

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I do not understand how in 2025 the leader of Scottish Labour can be doing a callback to a MAGA slogan.

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8.5km morning run down the Hermitage of Braid. Lovely to get some morning sunshine

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On Trump Tariffs, Mckinley, and Closing Society, DigressionsImpressions "“Mercantilism is never just about the balance of trade. It’s always and everywhere an attempt to direct state violence against those who wish to... https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2025/04/07/on-trump-tariffs-mckinleyand-closing/

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Beautiful day for a run. 7km around the back of Arthur’s Seat. 📸

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Scottish cottage interiors of c1830 drawn by Walter Geikie (1795 –1837)

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Playdough morning with the boy 📸

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I'll be at the EdinburghJS hackathon at KPV Lab today - going to work on some new stuff for @scottishtechnology.club

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