Hey there, I'm Ryan Townsend
CTO, speaker and web performance fanatic.
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How I 100x'd Bulk Import Speed in Rails with Some Pretty Gnarly SQL

The very real problem facing British retailers that nobody is talking about

SHIFT's journey: deconstructing monolithic applications into services

Just because your site isn't for emerging markets, doesn't excuse you from web performance optimisation

How 3rd Party Scripts can be performant citizens on the web

Living life on the edge – identifying and managing stress, avoiding burn-out

The problem with your large Rails app isn't Rails

Your Database is Sacred

What HTTP/2 means for Web Performance Optimisation