Ryan Townsend
@twnsnd.com
Technology Leader & Distinguished Software Engineer • 20+ YOE in Tech, 10+ as CTO • Public Speaker • LessonsofaCTO.com & TWNSND.com
You’ve given me the curse too now 😭
November 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
You’ve given me the curse too now 😭
When you have poor signal, the Bluesky app becomes more true to its name.
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When you have poor signal, the Bluesky app becomes more true to its name.
In my opinion, any SWE writing client-side JavaScript has a responsibility to understand the Event Loop.
@jakearchibald.com’s ‘In The Loop’ talk is required watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOL...
(cited by @andydavies.me at #perfnow)
@jakearchibald.com’s ‘In The Loop’ talk is required watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOL...
(cited by @andydavies.me at #perfnow)
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
In my opinion, any SWE writing client-side JavaScript has a responsibility to understand the Event Loop.
@jakearchibald.com’s ‘In The Loop’ talk is required watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOL...
(cited by @andydavies.me at #perfnow)
@jakearchibald.com’s ‘In The Loop’ talk is required watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOL...
(cited by @andydavies.me at #perfnow)
“~200 bytes of JavaScript that can wreck your performance” – @andydavies.me explaining download size doesn’t always correlate to runtime performance at #perfnow
#webperf
#webperf
October 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“~200 bytes of JavaScript that can wreck your performance” – @andydavies.me explaining download size doesn’t always correlate to runtime performance at #perfnow
#webperf
#webperf
“What happens when you want to center a div in Chrome?” — @michael-hladky.bsky.social at #perfnow
This would make a great interview question that would give a variety of different answers.
#webperf
This would make a great interview question that would give a variety of different answers.
#webperf
October 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“What happens when you want to center a div in Chrome?” — @michael-hladky.bsky.social at #perfnow
This would make a great interview question that would give a variety of different answers.
#webperf
This would make a great interview question that would give a variety of different answers.
#webperf
Northern UK developers: join us tonight in Manchester for a talk on scaling to support hundreds of millions in client transaction volume.
It contains a lot of framework-agnostic advice, so non-Ruby developers stand to learn a thing or two too!
It contains a lot of framework-agnostic advice, so non-Ruby developers stand to learn a thing or two too!
October 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Northern UK developers: join us tonight in Manchester for a talk on scaling to support hundreds of millions in client transaction volume.
It contains a lot of framework-agnostic advice, so non-Ruby developers stand to learn a thing or two too!
It contains a lot of framework-agnostic advice, so non-Ruby developers stand to learn a thing or two too!
Exactly the response I had when I went last year, “holy shit, the photos don’t lie!” Unreal.
October 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Exactly the response I had when I went last year, “holy shit, the photos don’t lie!” Unreal.
Is this mob programming?
October 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Is this mob programming?
The #1 reason to upgrade to iOS 26… particularly in the UK, spam has been epidemic recently.
September 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The #1 reason to upgrade to iOS 26… particularly in the UK, spam has been epidemic recently.
At Goodwood, the Red Bull team did so many doughnuts in that electric Ford that the cabin filled with smoke and they had to open the door to let it out 😅
September 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
At Goodwood, the Red Bull team did so many doughnuts in that electric Ford that the cabin filled with smoke and they had to open the door to let it out 😅
I didn't ask, but... cool? Just generate the CLI command please.
August 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I didn't ask, but... cool? Just generate the CLI command please.
My friends over at RUMvision.com have sent me a lovely gift. I think my boys love it as much as I do, though they are mostly interested in fighting over occupation of the box.
Thank you @jordyscholing.bsky.social, @erwinhofman.bsky.social and @karlijnlowik.bsky.social ❤️
Thank you @jordyscholing.bsky.social, @erwinhofman.bsky.social and @karlijnlowik.bsky.social ❤️
August 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My friends over at RUMvision.com have sent me a lovely gift. I think my boys love it as much as I do, though they are mostly interested in fighting over occupation of the box.
Thank you @jordyscholing.bsky.social, @erwinhofman.bsky.social and @karlijnlowik.bsky.social ❤️
Thank you @jordyscholing.bsky.social, @erwinhofman.bsky.social and @karlijnlowik.bsky.social ❤️
HMU if you want any photos from Goodwood I have… a few.
July 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
HMU if you want any photos from Goodwood I have… a few.
Don't make me point at the sign.
July 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Don't make me point at the sign.
Dua Lipa took a passenger ride in her green & red liveried GT3RS.
Definitely damaged my hearing spectating from the flint wall section behind the hay bales 🥲
Unfortunately I didn’t notice my shutter speed was too high so the cars in these photos look static except the Pagani.
Definitely damaged my hearing spectating from the flint wall section behind the hay bales 🥲
Unfortunately I didn’t notice my shutter speed was too high so the cars in these photos look static except the Pagani.
July 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Dua Lipa took a passenger ride in her green & red liveried GT3RS.
Definitely damaged my hearing spectating from the flint wall section behind the hay bales 🥲
Unfortunately I didn’t notice my shutter speed was too high so the cars in these photos look static except the Pagani.
Definitely damaged my hearing spectating from the flint wall section behind the hay bales 🥲
Unfortunately I didn’t notice my shutter speed was too high so the cars in these photos look static except the Pagani.
Fun to see a variant of my car ripping it up and down all day as the course car.
Porsche had their 1 of 1 Sonderwunsch 911 (993) Speedster at the stand.
Porsche had their 1 of 1 Sonderwunsch 911 (993) Speedster at the stand.
July 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Fun to see a variant of my car ripping it up and down all day as the course car.
Porsche had their 1 of 1 Sonderwunsch 911 (993) Speedster at the stand.
Porsche had their 1 of 1 Sonderwunsch 911 (993) Speedster at the stand.
🏁 Any car nerds in my network?
I just got back from my first Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Witnessed some utterly incredible vehicles many of which worth more than my house.
I just got back from my first Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Witnessed some utterly incredible vehicles many of which worth more than my house.
July 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🏁 Any car nerds in my network?
I just got back from my first Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Witnessed some utterly incredible vehicles many of which worth more than my house.
I just got back from my first Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Witnessed some utterly incredible vehicles many of which worth more than my house.
“The holy trinity of boring” – @ichimnetz.com at #frontendnorth
July 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“The holy trinity of boring” – @ichimnetz.com at #frontendnorth
July 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Yes! Another believer!
I used to compete with my barista over who could get the perfect separation 😅
I used to compete with my barista over who could get the perfect separation 😅
July 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Yes! Another believer!
I used to compete with my barista over who could get the perfect separation 😅
I used to compete with my barista over who could get the perfect separation 😅
Can't wait to add a 5th lanyard to my @perfnow.nl collection – no conference comes close to it's #webperf line-up each year, a privilege to learn from the absolute best.
June 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Can't wait to add a 5th lanyard to my @perfnow.nl collection – no conference comes close to it's #webperf line-up each year, a privilege to learn from the absolute best.
Imagine your website serving just 73mb of data across 152,000 requests... that an average of just 503 bytes!
And yes, that included images! (sidenote: anyone want to buy some spacer gifs? I've got directories full of them!)
And yes, that included images! (sidenote: anyone want to buy some spacer gifs? I've got directories full of them!)
May 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Imagine your website serving just 73mb of data across 152,000 requests... that an average of just 503 bytes!
And yes, that included images! (sidenote: anyone want to buy some spacer gifs? I've got directories full of them!)
And yes, that included images! (sidenote: anyone want to buy some spacer gifs? I've got directories full of them!)
Another screenshot for my "we [as an industry] can do better" folder... scrolling down on a Forbes article consistently bricks the page.
*checks console* yup, it's *that* JS framework.
It's a fucking static article 🤦♂️
*checks console* yup, it's *that* JS framework.
It's a fucking static article 🤦♂️
April 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Another screenshot for my "we [as an industry] can do better" folder... scrolling down on a Forbes article consistently bricks the page.
*checks console* yup, it's *that* JS framework.
It's a fucking static article 🤦♂️
*checks console* yup, it's *that* JS framework.
It's a fucking static article 🤦♂️
Back in my happy place 😌
January 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Back in my happy place 😌