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 258: Tudors

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    A week of birthday okonomiyaki, quiet weekdays, feasts for Odin, dismantling the papacy, fixing broken technology, and a fun photoshoot. Read Week 258: Tudors.

  2. Week 257: Swans

    Four towels folded into swan shapes, the necks and beaks of the swans form a heart.

    A week of interesting cleans, towel animals, goodbye dinners, Brick Lane curry, a weekend at Butlins, and another Gareth Gates appearance. Read Week 257: Swans.

  3. Week 256: Platforms

    A week of coming back to London, a lot of Crusader Kings III, some interesting work news, good workshops, and getting overexcited. Read Week 256: Platforms.

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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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