Hi đź‘‹ I'm Rowan Manning, a Principal 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.
A week of incidents, spreadsheets, pasta puttanesca, shy little cats, holiday preparations, channelling Glynn, creepy horoscopes, and a fun party. Read Week 82: Pasta Puttanesca.
A week of 4 am calls, birthday vodka, a truly shocking Eurovision result, dungarees, smugness, and some error handling. Read Week 81: Lederhosen Wario.
A week of 100% test coverage, large-scale terraforming, perfect Wordle scores, birthday drinks, accidental wine, and a new favourite TV series. Read Week 80: Heartstopper.
A small dive into one of my new favourite web technologies: webmentions. This post talks through how I use them to make my static website feel more alive and social. Learn how to send and receive webmentions on your static website.
The real treasures were the friends we made along the way. Read about how we built a fun virtual treasure hunt.
