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Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · Apr 2
Well, we finally did it folks. We finally found the exception to @ianbetteridge.com's law.
"Is James Corden the UK's most annoying export?" as a push-notification from "The Times and The Sunday Times"
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Weeknotes for week 47, 2025: A year since I left the FT, I visited Nagoya for the first time
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Weeknotes: Packing — Week 47, 2025
This week marks a year since I left the FT, and my 51st week in Tokyo. Where is my head at a year after stepping away from journalism? I…
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November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I want to jailbreak my iPhone just so I can make all my screenshots always show <10% battery
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Weeknotes for week 46, 2025: On deleting social media, karaoke and making pizza.
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Weeknotes: Hey Jude — Week 46, 2025
Welcome to my 200th weeknote! This week felt particularly long, but I don’t have all that much to say. Experimentally I deleted all my…
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November 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I'm sick of Doom Scrolling and I'm sick of shadowy algorithms trying to hijack my mood for ad dollars 👎

So, I've built UpBeat to try and tackle all of that, and give people back the control over what they want to see. 😎

Check it out! ✨

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November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Weeknotes for week 45, 2025: On what happens when you combine wagyu, sushi and doritos. And some other stuff.
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Weeknotes: Taco Spice Chips — Week 45, 2025
This has been a delicious and expensive week. Lots of Terraform this week. I mean lots. Terraform is one of my favorite things in tech…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Weeknotes for week 44, 2025: On walking, gawking and talking.
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Weeknotes: Stateful — Week 44, 2025
A new floor opened at work this week, bringing a few cool new things including an automatic coffee machine. Our office is now twice as big…
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November 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Weeknotes for week 43, 2025: Late but at least I remembered the milk.
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Weeknotes: Remember the milk — Week 43, 2025
We’re in big coat season. The temperature is dropping and suddenly my wardrobe is significantly more stylish. Got approval on my all-time…
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November 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Weeknotes for week 42, 2035: On some exhibitions and some other stuff.
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Weeknotes: Primordial — Week 42, 2025
What a week, huh? Monday was a bank holiday. I wanted to find spicy soup and I’m pleased to say that I found some. Still recovering. Each…
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October 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Weeknotes for week 41, 2025: On being sick, cooking and the 40th year of DMC
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Weeknotes: Shin-can’t-sen or shin-won’t? — Week 41, 2025
Hi, it’s me, I’ve been properly in the weeds of Google Docs and YAML. Alas I will continue to primarily exist in these for a little while…
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October 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Weeknotes for week 40, 2025: On Osaka, a three day week and hitting a milestone
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Weeknotes: Hundo — Week 39, 2025
Three-day work week this week. I begin in Osaka, following my defeat (or victory?) at the Queueing Olympics. Originally my plan is to be…
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October 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Weeknotes for week 38, 2025: On the Expo.
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Weeknotes: Exposition — Week 38, 2025
The two big themes of this week are: Kafka and the 2025 World Expo. Both have been prompted much thought. Kafka is a technology I’ve used…
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October 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Weeknotes for week 37, 2025: I’ve been bad at posting these on time, but I’m nearly caught up! On doing some strategy work, playing counter strike and listening to loud music (again).
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Weeknotes: Banking — Week 37, 2025
This was a good week? 22.53km of running. Part of this week went into a messy incident and data-recovery operation. I’m actively thinking…
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September 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Weeknotes for week 34, 2025: No, not on that kind of carding.
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Weeknotes: Carding — Week 34, 2025
Lately I’ve been distracted. In previous chapters of life I prioritised work above all else and I tied it to my sense of self-worth. There…
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August 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Weeknotes for week 33, 2025: On Sonic Mania (the good one), being in a smoke filled room and looking at pretty things.
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Weeknotes: Suffocating — Week 33, 2025
A while ago I said that my tag-cloud would’ve highlighted “Lunch“, this week it would’ve highlighted “Coffee”. Several memorable coffee…
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August 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Belated weeknotes for week 31, 2025: On doing things I'd meant to for years.
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Weeknotes: Allocations — Week 31, 2025
A week of doing things I'd meant to do for literally years. After battling with some Kubernetes configuration, I ran a (very!) large data…
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August 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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A fun mental math trick: Mentally calculating cube roots
August 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Weeknotes for week 30, 2025
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Weeknotes: Pressure — Week 30, 2025
For me, it was the water pressure. After a week of dribbling taps & spluttering shower-heads in England, the contrasting flow when I got…
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August 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Weeknotes for week 29, 2025: On food, and what took us there.
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Weeknotes: Diners Club — Week 29, 2025
This week’s story is best told through its dinners. Monday we find ourselves at The Indian Brewery. We order two naans and a side of fish…
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July 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Weeknotes for week 28, 2025: On journeys.
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Weeknotes: Expletive-Worthy — Week 28, 2025
This week feels like a count-down, but, even as I close the week I’m unsure what it was counting down to. Did some writing about strategy…
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July 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Weeknotes for week 27, 2025: On the three serves - Tennis, Tea & Chips.
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Weeknotes: Desk Edit — Week 27, 2025
Fuelled by the introspection and retrospection of the last two weeks, I felt an enjoyable clarity all week. Unfortunately, at the same time…
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July 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Weeknotes for week 26, 2025: The Meal Deal is the string which holds together the British economy.
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Weeknotes: Unified Supermarket Theory — Week 26, 2025
This has been a Fusion heavy week: I have been virtually reliving the Sonnendeck, Tanzwüste & Turnbühne whilst gazing at all the stories…
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July 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Weeknotes for week 25, 2025: Yes they’re late, and yes I’m sorry. Wasn’t that pretty big of me to admit?
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Weeknotes: Actualising — Week 25, 2025
Reader, this week - in an entirely positive way - was rather a lot. It was cyclical. It had highs and lows. And I unlocked some unactualised…
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July 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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By far the best article I’ve read on AI assisted software development recently: open.substack.com/pub/pragmati...
Software engineering with LLMs in 2025: reality check
How are devs at AI startups and in Big Tech using AI tools, and what do they think of them? A broad overview of the state of play in tooling, with Anthropic, Google, Amazon, and others
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July 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Last year we started filming a Community Documentary but I put it on pause as I wasn’t convinced of the narrative

Now, I have a great narrative and restarting it!

Who wants in? Shoot me a DM and let’s figure it out 😉
June 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Stop believing that your brain peaked in your 20s... it's not true but it might become a self-fulfilling prophecy if you stop challenging it www.ft.com/content/5d47...
June 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM