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.
A week of very fast new internet, moving routers, nice chill cats, a lack of yowling, lots of sanding, lots of silicone removal, oiling, hoovering, and some fun Dungeons and Dragons. Read Week 293: Worktop.
A week of working remotely, a ridiculous number of jobs, cleaning, lots of deliveries, moving vans, mouldy furniture, disgusting grout, steam cleaners, lovely neighbours, waterfalls, and a tap room. Read Week 292: Fourteen-Hour Days.
A week of in-person boardgames, shooting the shit, union tables, Friday IKEA trips, plant balls, doubling up possessions, picnics in the park, and weeks in Derbyshire. Read Week 291: FrIKEA.
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.
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.
