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 255: Ready Steady Cook

    Two silhouettes deep in a cave, both using their phone torches to light the way

    A week of more walks, house viewings, feeling dreadful, finding more cave, exploring Matlock, roasts, tea rooms, building zoos, and a chaotic cook. Read Week 255: Ready Steady Cook.

  2. Week 254: Thor's Cave

    A view up to Thor's Cave from down in the valley, it's a large opening in the side of a cliff face

    A week of long walks, cosy cottages, impressive caves, tea rooms, country pubs, wet rollercoasters, being bad at weekly shops, and some relaxed lads. Read Week 254: Thor's Cave.

  3. 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.

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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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