Andrew Doran

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He/him. Husband, dad of two teenage boys, Technology person working in Financial Services, over-enthusiastic, geek.

🎶 Co-founder of Album Club (https://albumclub.info), meeting every month since 2011.

✍️ Blogging since 2004.

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Weeknotes #368 — What we all want: https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/03/18/weeknotes-368-what-we-all-want/

The start of the week was spent travelling back from Kingsville, Texas. Saying that it is 5,000 miles away from Berkhamsted isnât doing justice to quite how long it takes to travel between them. I was up at 6am and on the road less than an hour later in order to get the car returned […]

Weeknotes #368 — What we all want

Flying into Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The start of the week was spent travelling back from Kingsville, Texas. Saying that it is 5,000 miles away from Berkhamsted isn’t doing justice to quite how long …

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🏎️ On the new Formula 1 regulations: https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/03/16/on-the-new-formula-1-regulations/

Having watched this weekendâs Chinese Grand Prix, I have to say that I am loving this version of Formula 1. There is a narrative that the racing is âfakeâ due to the 50/50 internal combustion engine/battery split and the existence of an electricity boost button. But I will take watching all of the close following, […]

🏎️ On the new Formula 1 regulations

Having watched this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, I have to say that I am loving this version of Formula 1. There is a narrative that the racing is ‘fake’ due to the 50/50 internal combustion engin…

Andrew Doran

Weeknotes #367 — Kingsville, Texas: https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/03/10/weeknotes-367-kingsville-texas/

A hectic week of travel. On Monday I came back from Austria where Iâd spent a long weekend in the skiing town of Kitzbühel with colleagues. On Tuesday I worked from home, with my day packed full of meetings and messages to catch up with. That evening my wife and I checked in on her […]

Weeknotes #367 — Kingsville, Texas

Kleberg Avenue, Kingsville, Texas A hectic week of travel. On Monday I came back from Austria where I’d spent a long weekend in the skiing town of Kitzbühel with colleagues. On Tuesday I worked fro…

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Finished reading Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman. A good collection of positive reflections on human nature, debunking many negative apocryphal stories about how people tend to behave in specific situations. https://rutgerbregman.com/books/humankind
Weeknotes #366 — Kitzbühel

The town of Kitzbühel, Austria, from high up in the mountains. A four-day working week with a long weekend away at the end. I needed it. At the start of the week I noted that I felt as though I was…

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Weeknotes #365 — The Prophet’s Song

Stopped to photograph this phone box on my walk to work, as the construction work means that you can’t open the door. Then I noticed that it’s due to be removed. Last week was tough for no reason. …

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Bringing a 27-year-old programming project back to life with Claude Code

A big chunk of my final year at university, studying for my Computer Science degree, was spent working on a project. That last year counted for 60% of my overall grade, and the project contributed …

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Weeknotes #364 — Big pile of umbrellas

Spotted a cheeky jackdaw sitting on the sign, looking at the passersby. It flew off as I pulled out my phone to take its picture. Note the blue sky in the background — a rare moment of spring among…

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Having a proud dad moment. On Friday, our eldest son broke his college’s mile record, and later that day ran the 10th best time in school history in the 800m. https://javelinaathletics.com/news/2026/2/14/mens-track-and-field-doran-downs-mile-record-javelinas-show-out-at-howie-ryan-invite.aspx
Something big is happening; but it doesn’t add up

This week, multiple people sent me a link to Matt Shumer’s post that Something Big Is Happening. In the post, he sounds the alarm that AI is coming for most white-collar jobs. It’s definitely worth…

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