Todd H. Gardner

CEO Request Metrics

Todd is a software engineer, business leader, and developer advocate with 20+ years of experience. He is a co-founder and CEO of TrackJS and Request Metrics, and previously a independent consultant who helped build products at Thomson Reuters, Reach Local, and LeadPages.

How We Protect Our JavaScript Agent, and How to Host It Yourself

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Understanding Lighthouse: Speed Index

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Understanding Lighthouse: First Meaningful Paint

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Understanding Lighthouse: Largest Contentful Paint

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Understanding Lighthouse: First Contentful Paint

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Understanding Lighthouse: Has a Viewport Meta Tag

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New Option: Preserve URL Casing

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The Limitations of Lighthouse

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Why You Need Real User Monitoring to Really Understand Your Web Performance

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Synthetic Testing and Real User Monitoring

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GTMetrix Alternatives: The Best Tools for Website Performance Testing

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5 Tips To Make Google Fonts Faster

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How to Optimize Website Images: The Complete 2026 Guide

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Unified Web Performance: Real User Monitoring and Automatic Lighthouse Testing

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Fixing Long Animation Frames (LoAF)

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Request Metrics and Perforator - Combining RUM and Load Testing

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What are Long Animation Frames (LoAF)?

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The Chrome UX Report: Why Real Data Matters

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Launching Resource Performance Monitoring

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Trying and failing and trying again

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Frontend vs Backend Performance: Which is Slower?

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What is a 'Rage Click'?

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What Is Time to Interactive? A Comprehensive Guide

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Announcing Custom Metadata Reports & Filters

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Debugging a Slow Core Web Vital Score

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Google Analytics 4 Has Me So Frustrated, We Built Our Own Analytics Service

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Our Super Friendly AI Sloth that Analyzes Your Performance Data

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Measuring Web Performance in 2024: The Definitive Guide

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Explaining Performance to Non-Technical Stakeholders

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How To Read Flame Charts and Percentiles

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Fix Your First Contentful Paint (FCP): Cheat Sheet

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Tutorial: Monitoring Your Core Web Vitals

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How Hacker News Crushed DavidWalshBlog

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Vital Web Performance

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Privacy and Ethical Web Analytics

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Measuring Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)

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Using the Beacon API

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How We Protect Our JavaScript Agent, and How to Host It Yourself

Understanding Lighthouse: Speed Index

Understanding Lighthouse: First Meaningful Paint

Understanding Lighthouse: Largest Contentful Paint

Understanding Lighthouse: First Contentful Paint

Understanding Lighthouse: Has a Viewport Meta Tag

New Option: Preserve URL Casing

The Limitations of Lighthouse

Why You Need Real User Monitoring to Really Understand Your Web Performance

Synthetic Testing and Real User Monitoring

GTMetrix Alternatives: The Best Tools for Website Performance Testing

5 Tips To Make Google Fonts Faster

How to Optimize Website Images: The Complete 2026 Guide

Unified Web Performance: Real User Monitoring and Automatic Lighthouse Testing

Fixing Long Animation Frames (LoAF)

Request Metrics and Perforator - Combining RUM and Load Testing

What are Long Animation Frames (LoAF)?

The Chrome UX Report: Why Real Data Matters

Launching Resource Performance Monitoring

Trying and failing and trying again

Frontend vs Backend Performance: Which is Slower?

What is a 'Rage Click'?

What Is Time to Interactive? A Comprehensive Guide

Announcing Custom Metadata Reports & Filters

Debugging a Slow Core Web Vital Score

Google Analytics 4 Has Me So Frustrated, We Built Our Own Analytics Service

Our Super Friendly AI Sloth that Analyzes Your Performance Data

Measuring Web Performance in 2024: The Definitive Guide

Explaining Performance to Non-Technical Stakeholders

How To Read Flame Charts and Percentiles

Fix Your First Contentful Paint (FCP): Cheat Sheet

Tutorial: Monitoring Your Core Web Vitals

How Hacker News Crushed DavidWalshBlog

Vital Web Performance

Privacy and Ethical Web Analytics

Measuring Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)

Using the Beacon API