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TechTalks Edinburgh #1

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When: Thursday 21 August 2025, 17:30 – 20:30 

Where: Clockwise Edinburgh Leith, Commercial Quay, 84 Commercial St, EH6 6LX

Why you’ll want to be there

  • RAG-Driven Translation Assistant: Lessons Learned by Oleksandr Piekhota – hear how they automated human translation pipelines with OpenAI‑powered RAG workflow—without sacrificing quality.

  • Trustworthy Tests for an AI Future by Ramsay Ashby.

  • Pizza, pints & people – mix with Edinburgh’s Tech People, enjoy cold drinks, have fun.

Run‑of‑show

Time What’s happening
17:30-18:15 Welcome • grab a drink •  take some pizza •  have a quick chat
18:15-19:00 Oleksandr Piekhota – “RAG-Driven Translation Assistant: Lessons Learned”
19:00-19:15 q&a • chat break
19:15-20:00 Ramsay Ashby – Trustworthy Tests for an AI Future
20:00-20:30 q&a • beverages • networking
20:30 Official close (but the bar next door awaits)

Speaker spotlight

Oleksandr – Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead, Teaching Strategies https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleksandr-piekhota-b675ba53/ .

12 years shipping products, Golang and PHP back‑ends, Cloud‑Native Architectures,  R&D, and AI. Recently led a push to automate large‑scale content localisation with ChatGPT, RAG, and prompt engineering tricks—achieving near parity with a human translation team.

Ramsay – Senior Engineering Lead, Ex-Skyscanner – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsayashby/.

15 years of experience, the last 7 of which have been largely focused on helping teams and organisations to work more effectively and perform at their best. A thought leader in applying observability within the SDLC itself, Ramsay helps teams focus their continuous improvement efforts on the areas that bring the most significant, sustainable impact and, in turn, helps them better serve their customers.

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Clockwise Edinburgh Leith – Coworking & Office Space, Commercial Quay, 84 Commercial St, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6LX

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