Hi đź‘‹ I’m Rowan, 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 takeaway costumes, promotions and bonuses at work, amazing new hoovers, and being an embarrassing drunk. Read more.
A week of very monotonous TV watching, eating four tablespoons of olive oil in one sitting, and having to type like an old person. Read more.
A week of driving in the country, a funeral, some shitty news, and drinking a lot of cocktails. Read more.
An explainer on RSS and feed readers, a history of my reading habits over the years, and Audrey – a new open source project that will hopefully encourage me to read more. Read a bit about web feeds.
Way back in March this year, early on in lockdown, I had a burst of inspiration and built a silly game which you can play on Slack. I wanted to talk through the process I go through on the rare occasion when I start a side project. Saddle up.