Shayne O'Sullivan

Christ follower, husband to @a_osullivan41, dad, CTO at ✈️ | Psalm 32 | Tweets are my own 😎

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

Working on something new: https://t.co/c7gjWgsCxF

[Andrew Sherman 🇺🇦 @andrii_sherman]

We need to bring more attention to the situation we have with npm. Drizzle releases are completely blocked by npm because of "too many published versions" (we have 1397 versions)

There is no way for us to delete old versions, unpublish old versions, or really do anything except contact the support team. Of course, we did that >3 weeks ago, but there has been no action from the npm team at all. Drizzle has >11.5M downloads/week and is used by hundreds of thousands of developers across the globe, yet we're getting no help from npm

It's not like only 10 people are blocked. There are many teams and developers waiting for us to ship important features, improvements, and fixes (Imagine receiving a security report in this situation and having zero ways to release a patch). Npm support keeps sending bot replies saying they need more time to handle the case

I'm begging someone to help us find anyone from the npm team who can help us delete old versions that are not used by anyone anymore, or at least give us a way to ship releases again

ps why is having 1397 releases a problem at all?

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

@jarredsumner Yes please!

[Barrett Linburg @DallasAptGP]

Dallas and Los Angeles both run 15-member city councils, and in both cities you need 8 votes to move anything important.

That is where the similarity ends.

LA is trying to climb out of a civic hole defined by homelessness, crime, affordability, fire recovery, and deep public frustration with how the city works.

Dallas is not in that hole, yet.

In many ways, Dallas is winning the macro fight. Goldman Sachs is building a major campus here. The Mavs may be leaving downtown, but they are staying inside the city limits, anchoring 104 acres at the old Valley View Mall site.

People and companies keep voting with their moving trucks. They are leaving California and New York and choosing Texas.

But the Mayor made an important point this week: Dallas is in a generational fight with its own neighbors for residents, businesses, and capital.

He is right.

Downtown Dallas is entering one of the most important redevelopment windows in its modern history. A new convention center is coming. TxDOT is rebuilding I-30 and I-345. The I-30 cap can stitch The Cedars back into the urban core with a Klyde Warren-style deck park.

The bones are excellent. The momentum is real.

A deck park is just a park unless the city allows the housing, density, restaurants, offices, hotels, and street life around it. A convention center is just a building unless the surrounding district becomes somewhere people want to walk, stay, eat, invest, and live.

Infrastructure does not build a city on autopilot. Council decisions do that, along with permitting, zoning, public safety, and a homelessness strategy that works. Basic competence, in other words.

That is the lesson from LA.

Cities do not break overnight. They break one deferred decision at a time. The permit gets delayed. The zoning fight gets punted. The hard vote gets avoided. Bad process becomes normal, and the normal becomes permanent.

Then one day everyone acts shocked that the city is stuck.

Dallas still has a head start. Our problems with crime, homelessness, permitting, and bureaucracy are real, but they are still fixable.

That is the point.

This is not a doom post. It is the opposite.

Dallas has the assets, the location, and the private-sector momentum. It has a real chance to become the clear urban winner in North Texas.

But only if City Hall acts like this moment is real.

Which brings us back to the math: 8 votes.

In November 2027, every Dallas council seat and the mayor’s office will be on the ballot. Because of term limits, at least six of those races will be open seats with no incumbent. More could open if members retire or jump into the mayor’s race.

The horseshoe could look very different by the end of that night.

And for the first time, Dallas will hold its city election in November instead of May. That changes everything.

May turnout was embarrassing, often less than 10% of registered voters. It was the ultimate inside-baseball electorate.

November turnout will be much larger. That sounds healthy, and it probably is. But it also changes the campaign math.

When more voters who do not normally follow City Hall show up, door-knocking and neighborhood relationships matter less than name recognition, money, and a sharp message.

So the next council may be chosen by an electorate that includes thousands of people who have never voted in a Dallas municipal race before.

Those voters will help decide whether Dallas turns this infrastructure moment into a real city-building moment, or whether we spend the next decade arguing over process while the suburbs eat our lunch.

The opportunity is right in front of us, regardless of what the Mavs or Stars do next.

Dallas does not need panic. It needs focus. It needs council members who understand growth, public safety, housing, permitting, and execution.

Pay attention now, not in November 2027.

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

@jarredsumner My main concern is just regressions. Unknown unknowns are a thing with big rewrites. Hope it goes well and that the user land migration path is smooth.

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

@adamwathan @goldkey Build a saas geared towards devs. You guys have amazing brand power, and a reputation for good taste. I’d gladly pay $20/month for a Posthog alternative, made with your aesthetic.

Just an example. Sorry you had to do layoffs. Always gut wrenching.

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

@ZabsPitStop @guardianbikes no

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

@guardianbikes hey guys! Ordered on Nov 21 and haven’t received anything or gotten any tracking info. Order #784999

Please help! Need this under the tree on the 25th 🎄

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

@guardianbikes Any ideas when this will be shipped? Still haven’t received anything

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

@photomatt Bad take. The company can choose to share their source under whatever license they see fit. The inventor of a popular framework sharing a production application is an obvious win for users of that framework, even with a restrictive license.

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

@reinink We just bought some flooring for a remodel from this site https://t.co/rgFxhGyp53

They have that exact feature (limited to their product selection) and it was incredibly helpful!

[Sebastian Gorka DrG @SebGorka]

I was born a Catholic and have walked this Earth for 54 years.

Before dedicating a quarter of a century to Counterterrorism, my first degree was in Philosophy and Theology.

But I will say for the record, I have never seen a human being encapsulate in 90 seconds the meaning of Jesus Christ like @SecRubio.

Thank you Sir.

[Ted Cruz @tedcruz]

We stand with Erika and the entire Kirk family tonight and always.

We will not allow Charlie’s death to be in vain.

This is a Turning Point.

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

Jesus died for us

Was tortured for us

He is a gift to broken humans

He is a teacher for the lost

He suffered so we can be forgiven

Jesus is love

Jesus is LORD

[Ben Shapiro @benshapiro]

Like all of you, I am utterly stunned and heartbroken and sick to my soul today. It is unimaginable to write these words. I met Charlie Kirk when he was 18 years old, a young man so eager and determined that I immediately turned to a friend and said, “That kid is going to be the head of the RNC one day.” Charlie became even bigger and more important than that. It was a privilege to watch this principled man stand up for his beliefs and create the single most important conservative political organization in America. But more importantly, Charlie was a good man, a man who believed in right and wrong, who stood by his Biblical values. All of us will miss him, and I can’t imagine the pain of his beautiful young family, and we must all pray for them. And we must pick up the baton where Charlie left it, fighting for the things he believed in so passionately. And we must fight for a better America - an America where good people can speak truth and debate passionately without fear of a bullet. I weep for Charlie’s family, and I weep for my country today. Most of all, I weep for Charlie.

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

This is the kind of bipartisan policy we can all get behind.

[Alex MacCaw @maccaw]

Idea: we make it illegal to show US citizens a cookie banner, punishable by a huge revenue fine.

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

@jarredsumner Sign me up!

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

Yes! Been waiting for this one.

[Jarred Sumner @jarredsumner]

In the next version of Bun

`bun update --interactive` helps you select which dependencies to update.

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

@maccaw down!

[Shayne O'Sullivan @ShayneOSullivan]

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