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 302: George

    Two pictures side by side with me and my three siblings in each. We're adopting the same pose and smiling at the camera, each photo is nearly 20 years apart

    A week of 30th birthdays, family visits, sickness, vegan-themed quizzes, long drives, lots of cleaning, and excellent BBQs. Read Week 302: George.

  2. Week 301: Big Fan

    Two black cats sitting inside the entrance of our flat, enjoying the breeze but staying out of the sun

    A week of lazy days, inexpensive drinks, finally buying a fan, tagging the lads, picking up a book, and using pen and paper again. Read Week 301: Big Fan.

  3. Week 300: Goddenwick Farm

    A beautiful old tudor farmhouse that we stayed in over the weekend

    A week of big writing milestones, busy work weeks, team merges, great D&D sessions, farmhouses, 40th birthdays, and countryside walks. Read Week 300: Goddenwick Farm.

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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.

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