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 134: Areia

    Areia and I having a well-deserved nap after work

    A week of cute little cats, questioning cat ownership, woodland creatures, snot, Minecraft data pack development, learning, Tony Blair, and an unplanned night out. Read Week 134: Areia.

  2. Week 133: Cha Cha Cha

    Finland's Käärijä standing on a huge crate dancing, a huge projected shadow is behind him while he performs

    A week of beautiful Liverpool, fire, glitter, sequins, water assault courses, Eurovision magic, multiple semi-final viewings, and a lovely community. Read Week 133: Cha Cha Cha.

  3. Week 132: Princess Royale with Cheese

    A week of more high stress, escapism at work, three-hour tech support sessions, more leaving drinks, and copious amounts of boot-licking. Read Week 132: Princess Royale with Cheese.

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.