Rowan Manning

Hi đź‘‹ I'm Rowan Manning, a Senior Engineer at the Financial Times. I used to maintain Pa11y and write about web development, nowadays I mostly alternate between playing D&D or Minecraft.

Weeknotes

  1. Week 261: Our Streets

    Large crowds gathered in Whitechapel holding anti-racist placards, watching Jeremy Corbyn deliver a speech

    A week of great TV, doing well at pub quizzes, counter-protesting, early Christmas activities, a new puzzle game, and switching my music streaming. Read Week 261: Our Streets.

  2. Week 260: Crisps

    An array of different crisps and a flyer for the Huddersfield International Crisp Festival 2025

    A week of driving to Matlock, viewing a nice house, getting carried away with Arjun, staying in Huddersfield, and eating unlimited crisps. Read Week 260: Crisps.

  3. Week 259: 14-Core

    A cute black cat with his head poking out from beneath a duvet. He looks very peaceful.

    A week of alcohol-free cocktails, cancelled plans, treating myself, meeting babies, extravagant engagements, and some cozy lads. Read Week 259: 14-Core.

Latest Posts

  1. Operational excellence: one year on

    A JSON-based error log containing app details (e.g. commit hash, name, Node.js version) and error information (e.g. message, code, stack trace, and related systems)

    A year ago we outlined some changes to the way we support FT.com. As well as giving an excellent overview of what our OpsCop team did, we set out some broad changes that we intended to make. Read about how FT.com support has changed over the year.

  2. Halving my GitHub Pages Build Time

    An explanation of how I halved my website's build/deploy process using a mix of actions optimisations and the new GitHub Pages Custom Actions beta. Read about the optimisations.