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 246: Singapore

    Eight 'supertrees' against the night sky, large artificial trees towering above and adorned with many-coloured lights that highlight the foliage they're covered with

    A week of long flights, pool swims, indoor cloud forests, light shows, rollercoasters, food in Chinatown, fireworks, and a beautiful island. Read Week 246: Singapore.

  2. Week 245: Satan's Whiskers

    Two fluffy black cats looking unnecessarily guilty while they chew on a tuft of cat grass

    A week of members meetings, prepping for holiday, more foot injuries, excellent cocktails, delicious pizza, and some fresh cat grass. Read Week 245: Satan's Whiskers.

  3. Week 244: Unsinging Sands

    A rectangular lighthouse on a rocky outcrop, surrounded by yellow sand and bright blue sea water

    A week of long hikes up big hills, views, bogs, pretty lighthouses, beautiful beaches, travelling, Baldur's Gate, Astronomy, and a lazy weekend. Read Week 244: Unsinging Sands.

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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.

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