Jamie McHale
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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

📍Edinburgh / Scotland
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We got the boy a Yoto player and have started practicing listening to a story if he wakes up before 7am. Fingers crossed for a few more lie ins 🤞
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Reposted by Jamie McHale
It's our event tomorrow (Tues 11th). We'll be hearing about "local first with SQLite" from Ryan Biwer. RSVP at:

www.meetup.com/glasgow-java...
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
For Glasgow folks, organising this next week:
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A wee cycle loop around Cramond, Granton and Newhaven with the boy. Lunch at The Pitt. A good weekend of cycling!
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Cycled out with the boy to Down the Hatch at Port Edgar Marina today. Almost all on cycle paths from central Edinburgh. Great day for it!
November 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Helping Allan organise this, as I figure it might be of interest to the local tech communities that I am involved with
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Looking for an alternative to Toggl Track for tracking hours worked per client. Solo, so don't need team features. Just a daily/weekly breakdown of hours per project. Very strong preference for Raycast integration.
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Good morning from Strathtay
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Pretty much perfect day - walked through the autumn leaves at the Birks of Aberfeldy, read the Burns poem out loud, over to Loch Tay to enjoy the afternoon sunshine and lob rocks into the water.
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Drove up for a wander around Dunkeld this afternoon. Walked around the cathedral, threw stones in the river, found a playpark.
October 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Edinburgh sunset 📸
October 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Organised this, hosted by @ljupchevasilev.com - tune in!
October 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Should Spotify be recommending lostprophets on my Discover Weekly? Seems like a big yikes to me.
October 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Reposted by Jamie McHale
Quick reminder that our next meetup is tonight at the CGI offices, 18:30. We'll be hearing from Patty O'Callaghan on Best Practices for AI Coding. RSVP on meetup:

meetu.ps/e/Ps28p/ZSWS/i
October Meetup - Best Practices for AI-Assisted Programming, Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Welcome to the GlasgowJS October Meetup! We'll be meeting on **Tuesday 14th October, 18:30**. We will have socialising and networking with your fellow JavaScript developer
meetu.ps
October 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Barclay Viewforth Church in the autumn light 📸
October 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Evening reading: 1177 BC, Eric H. Cline
October 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Wee wander with the family up at Midmar Paddock to enjoy the afternoon sun 📸
October 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Just posted a couple of reflections to my website on one month of two boys.
October 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I'm putting together a Scottish Obsidian Users Group. Plan is to run a few lunch/evening online sessions to share tips and tricks 👇
We now have a website, events calendar and newsletter. Next step, organising either a Lunch N' Learn or an Evening session. Keen to hear what time would work best for folks!
October 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Reposted by Jamie McHale
The ideas behind agile tend to be squashed down to two words: “move fast”. But the Agile Manifesto says nothing about moving fast.
The forgotten purpose of agile — Empowered teams responding to change
The ideas behind agile tend to be squashed down to two words: “move fast”. But the Agile Manifesto says nothing about moving fast.
duncanstephen.net
October 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Bedtime is when I have the best conversations with my wee guy. We make stuff up together, play with words, talk about our day. He is the one being generative. I'm not against using AI as a tool, but it would be sad to outsource that part of the day.
Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”
‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?
Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Went to the Lothian Bus Depot Doors Open Day yesterday. Lots of family fun!
September 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Gathering interest for a Scottish Obsidian Users Group with @scottishtechnology.club - register here for updates: tally.so/r/3Nk6dO
Scottish Obsidian Users Group
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
tally.so
September 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Organised this tonight 👇
Kicking off the meetup and livestream with a talk on AI context from Alan Mathieson
September 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Lots of folks planning to join us on Tuesday night - seems like AI for JavaScripters is a hot topic!
September 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM