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 214: Cult of the Lamb

    A week of not being a millionaire, accidental working, more Factorio, long flat walks, fun co-op games, cult building, and exhausting shopping trips. Read Week 214: Cult of the Lamb.

  2. Week 213: Stairs

    Two small black cats lounging on the stairs, plotting to trip up an elderly woman

    A week of grandparent visits, kittens in a car, leaving drinks, another leak, showering in the dark, gigs with family, holograms, roast dinners, and mormon wives. Read Week 213: Stairs.

  3. Week 212: Sherborne

    Two small black cats sat on a pink chair together

    A week of fun new board games, well-behaved lads, short work weeks, weekends in the countryside, and baked goods. Read Week 212: Sherborne.

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.