Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 03/03/2026GitHub felt more reliable when it was a pile of ruby on rails and a fistful of dreams. 030
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 12/11/2025The heavens opened and tried to swallow my house tonight. 2243
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 10/11/2025My weekend upgrade: added a UPS since we keep losing power here. Unknown if my fiber connection stays online if we lose power. 110
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 17/09/2025I had a fantastic time chatting with @richcampbell.bsky.social about Certificate management (specifically how much it sucks) and how we're trying to make it better at @certkit.io. Do you have strong feels about certificates? I'd love to chat with you about it. 041
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 29/04/2025Let me be non-software for a moment. I just hit a huge personal goal: the 1000lb club for lifting. It's been my goal for the last 3 years and it feels amazing. Never to old to start doing things. Plus, I overshot it, so I'm calling it the 2^10 club now--so it's still a little software :) 170
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 13/02/2025Today in really dumb cybersecurity rules: My vendor password has to be EXACTLY 8 characters long. I don't think that special character requirement makes up for this huge reduction in possible values lol. 220
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 12/02/2025Locked in for my talk tomorrow at the inaugural Performance Observer meetup: "Does Web Performance Actually Matter for SEO?" Google says speed matters. SEO experts debate it. Performance nerds argue about it. But who’s right? 100
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 16/01/2025It’s good to be back for the 20th year of Code Freeze. Kicking off with the famous Michael Feathers! 1100
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 15/01/2025Sad news to see @thatconference.bsky.social scaling back. I hope we see future events. I have fond memories -- this is me working on TrackJS back at That2014 thatconference.com/blog/that-co... 040
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 10/01/2025I am once again forced to use Google Analytics, and It is the worst UX ever. Like worse than early 2000 enterprise software. Then I find this gem. Booleans don't work as booleans to Google. 0180
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 03/01/2025We're launching something BIG next week for Request Metrics. Get ready for integrated performance monitoring. 130
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 18/12/2024Lots of folks are using Keyword Vitals to track performance for keyword searches... and the early aggregate data is super interesting. TTFB is most often correlated with ranking, followed by LCP and FCP. CLS and INP are rarely correlated. 220
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 16/12/2024But when it isn't, a push for you to focus on your content and relevance instead. 110
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 16/12/2024It integrates directly into Google search and shows you the performance scores of each result. AND whether the ranking is correlated to performance. When it is, I'll show you the performance targets you need to hit to rank well. 100
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 14/11/2024Network upgrades in the new place. Unifi, HomeAssist, some MoCa, Synology NAS 190
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 12/11/2024Let’s get into the big questions here… What’s the right whisky for a hot tub? 130
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 08/11/2024Trying out the new 1881 restaurant at Union Depot for this month’s TrackJS executive meeting. The vibes are 💯 030
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 27/10/2024Our morning visitor, I think he wanted to get in the hot tub. 010
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 12/01/2024📢 Big release today: Request Metrics is now free! That's right, free Core Web Vital monitoring, free real user monitoring, free pagespeed analysis tools. Everyone can make their website fast, so the web can fast for everyone! 🎉 000
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 05/12/2023Here's some of the outtakes that didn't make the cut. The founder reaching for that VC cash really gets me in the feels. 100
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 05/12/2023My biz partner Eric wrote a fantastic article on the risks of VC-funded companies. But the real star was the graphics he generated with ChatGPT. 🤌 Fucking brilliant. 100
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 19/09/2023Getting psyched up to present the new Request Metrics analytics platform at Minnedemo tonight! Will I see you there? 011
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 06/09/2023I’m off to another adventure—attending @saastr in SF for a couple of days. 020
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 01/09/2023Founder Productivity // Gym Hack: Use your heavy lift recovery time to write content ideas for social media. Makes the wait time fly by, and you leave the gym *ahem* swole with material. 000
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 31/08/2023I’m thrilled to be part of the @renderatl.bsky.social lineup in 2024! I’ve heard great things about this show and I can’t wait to see it. See you there??? 000
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 29/08/2023*clearly drunk* Dude dude dude. You were right! We’re gonna do a PubConf Atlanta at @renderatl.bsky.social. Its gonna be epic. Fuck yea we’re gonna get @ken_wheeler, you know it. *Hiccups* 100
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 28/08/2023Back at the gym after holiday is humbling—I seem to have relaxed away my gains. Discipline to get back up and reclaim what’s I know is mine. 000
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 07/08/2023Atlanta flight got delayed and would miss our connection to Venice! Delta rerouted us through Paris though, which seems like a more fun place to pass through. Got some time, so checked out this new lounge at MSP. Swanky art deco vibes! 220
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 28/07/2023That's it for the week, let's get a beer. 🍻 Heading over to Keg and Case soon for #MNTech Happy Hour. I'm pretty sure @Plague88 is buying the beers. See you soon. 010
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 12/07/2023Here's the data, impressions (where I can know it), engagement, and votes for each network. But what does it all mean?! 🤔 100
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 05/07/2023Super excited to join my friend @gil_zilberfeld to talk about API monitoring, performance, and testing on July 18th. Join us! requestmetrics.com/resources/events… 000
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 04/07/2023Happy rain soaked 4th. Chilling on the covered porch today I think. 000
Todd H. Gardner @toddhgardner.com · 03/07/2023spent today working on new docs pages for @requestmetrics and all the new stuff coming out. Pretty happy with it. 100
