Name: TechTalks Edinburgh #1
Start: 2025-08-21T16:30:00.000Z
Location: Clockwise Edinburgh Leith

**Why you'll want to join us**

* **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** \- hear how to build fast\, failure‑proof end‑to‑end suites that keep pace with agent‑driven code changes\.
* **Pizza, pints & people** – free pizza, beer, tech talks, networking.

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**Agenda**

* **5:30pm - 6:15pm** \- Welcome • grab a drink • take some pizza • have a quick chat
* **6:15pm- 7:00pm** \- Oleksandr Piekhota – RAG\-Driven Translation Assistant: Lessons Learned
* **7:00pm-7:15pm** \- q&a • chat break
* **7:15pm-8:00pm** \- Ramsay Ashby – Trustworthy Tests for an AI Future
* **8:00pm onwards** \- q&a • beverages • networking

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**Speaker spotlight**

**Oleksandr Piekhota** – Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead, Teaching Strategies – [https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleksandr-piekhota-b675ba53/](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 API, RAG, and prompt engineering tricks—achieving near parity with a human translation team.

**Ramsay Ashby** – Senior Engineering Lead, Ex-Skyscanner – [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsayashby/](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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**Partners**
\- Dougray
\- Clockwise

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**Disclaimer:**

* We will take pictures and videos of the event for our social pages. If you prefer not to be in any photos or videos, please let us know.

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