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 253: Hop Festival

    Two black cats, one inside a large crate and another laying on top

    A week of lounging around, conquering India, holding Cornwall, lots of festival drinks, and a trip up north. Read Week 253: Hop Festival.

  2. Week 252: Camp Wildfire

    An axe placed on a stump, next to the stump is a pile of kindling and tinder chopped for fire lighting

    A week of winning The Mind, camping for the weekend, wholesome activities, board games, fixing broken pottery, patrol games, and tent shopping. Read Week 252: Camp Wildfire.

  3. Week 251: ÂŁ2 Pints

    A cute black cat laying on a bed, looking at the camera. He's exposing his belly which is being rubbed.

    A week of renewed motivation, cheap pub crawls, historical figures, becoming obsessed, needy little lads, and a birthday party. Read Week 251: ÂŁ2 Pints.

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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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