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Jamie McHale

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Runner and reader, freelance coder. Building a community @scottishtechnology.club Organise @edinburghjs.org and @glasgowjs.org πŸ“Edinburgh / Scotland 🌐 www.jamiemchale.com

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Goeldi’s Monkey

Goeldi’s Monkey

Close up of a chimp

Close up of a chimp

Wee zoo trip πŸ“Έ

01.03.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

25.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Added a wee "expired" flag to the @scottishtechnology.club Jobs board today:

www.scottishtechnology.club/jobs

25.02.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”— Agentic Swarms Are an Org-Chart Delusion, JA Westenberg

"The boundaries between β€œmarketer” and β€œdeveloper” and β€œanalyst” dissolve, because those boundaries were never real boundaries in the work itself. They were boundari... https://micro.jamiemchale.com/2026/02/24/agentic-swarms-are-an-orgchart/

24.02.2026 09:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The system requirements displays with an emoji

The system requirements displays with an emoji

The system requirements displays with a Unicode symbol

The system requirements displays with a Unicode symbol

Same element in different states, displays with an emoji when closed on iOS mobile. Standard Unicode character on desktop in both states.

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...

18.02.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pleased to announce that @nikkitaftw.bsky.social will be speaking at our March event πŸ™Œ

Register now on Luma:

luma.com/6fuox64i

11.02.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you ever want to take a trip up to Edinburgh or Glasgow we'd be happy to host you at a @scottishtechnology.club or @edinburghjs.org meetup!

11.02.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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here is the uh, um, "for gordon" cut

11.02.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The video jumps a fair amount, as I say "um" a lot, and I used an automatic de-umifier.

11.02.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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January 2026 Personal website of Jamie McHale - freelance web developer, host of Scottish JavaScript meetups, keen runner, reader and photographer

After a four year break I decided to start doing monthvlogs again to go alongside my month notes:

www.jamiemchale.com/month-notes/...

11.02.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning, Yvette Young 🎢

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTEB...

10.02.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”— Tacit Knowledge and the SaaSpocalypse, Chris Walker

"The difference is one of proportion: when AI handles the commodity work, tacit-knowledge-intensive problems go from being 20 percent of someone’s day to being 80 percent of it."

10.02.2026 07:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There was a range from "I vibe coded this" to "This uses this AI tool or technique". I think it's basically anything that's interesting in some way.

09.02.2026 12:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nobody knows how the whole system works One of the surprising (at least to me) consequences of the fall of Twitter is the rise of LinkedIn as a social media site. I saw some interesting posts I wanted to call attention to: First, Simon W…

New blog post: Nobody knows how the whole system works

surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/02/08/n...

09.02.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5
Book cover for The Running Ground

Book cover for The Running Ground

Just finished The Running Ground by Nick Thompson, a memoir and reflection on aging, relationships and endurance. Inspirational! πŸ“š

08.02.2026 08:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI Demo Night Edinburgh Β· Luma AI Demo Night is back. Already. Last Friday: 30 people, 12 demos, waitlist within 24 hours. This Thursday: we're doing it again. Less than two weeks between…

Grant, Tom and Lloyd organised it - Luma listing here:

luma.com/x2lr3kcw?tk=...

They don't have a calendar set up (I think they are going to do this) - event running every two weeks between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Requirement going forward is that everyone demos.

06.02.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That said, the building blocks are here for people to translate their vision into working software, processes and business. I expect more software to be built; more niches served; more people having a go, even if it's just a side business to make a bit of additional income

06.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think there is a risk of slopification. AI means that both products and marketing messages, customised to various niches and platforms can be produced easily and at scale.

06.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's cool how an agent plus a few tools can produce novel processes and behavior. It can interpret "what does it mean to use these tools in this way that a user has prompted for?"

06.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The demos that used voice control were impressive - the technology is really advancing. I particularly liked the combo of voice control alongside a Head Up Display of actions that were being taken, customised to the use case.

06.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Obviously there are security and scalability risks - but with appropriate guardrails and underlying data and auth platforms I expect this risk to decrease going forward. (Most things don't need to scale, and simple CRUD apps can have simple CRUD security).

06.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of the audience watching a robot demo

Picture of the audience watching a robot demo

I went to the AI Demo Night in Edinburgh last night. Interesting evening! A couple of thoughts:

First, the barrier to creating software has got much lower. Some folks had no idea about code, and yet had produced viable app prototypes (with customers!)

06.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just added a helpful Luma registration link to luma events on the @scottishtechnology.club homepage

06.02.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Niteworks at the Quiraing | Skye Live 2021
Niteworks at the Quiraing | Skye Live 2021 YouTube video by Skye Live Festival

Niteworks at the Quiraing 🎢

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJC_...

06.02.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Feels like that would create an opening for abuse. Voters should be able to decide.

03.02.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Join the Scottish Technology Club Discord Server! A community for Scotland-based tech enthusiasts, meetup organisers, bloggers and streamers | 800 members

Lots of folks from the Geomob meetup joining the @scottishtechnology.club Discord server today - good to be able to offer a space for a range of communities to connect -

discord.com/invite/bgHpB...

30.01.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brave New World

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30.01.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoying the new Luli Lee EP β€œBrave New World” 🎢

30.01.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

give the idea of increasing the speed limit to 60 on residential streets a chance πŸ₯Ί

30.01.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or just leave the work until you are dead!

30.01.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0