Shane O'Donnell

Father of 2, husband, gamer, snowboarder, caffeine fiend, homebrewer, FPV drone enthusiast. VP of Engineering @

[Mitchell Hashimoto @mitchellh]

Creator of Sqlite on pull requests: "You say, oh, it's free. No. It's not free. What you're doing is asking me ... to maintain it for you, to to document it for you, to test it for you, to maintain it for you for the next 25 years. That's not free." Yep.

Wise words from a wiser man than me. I've told people for the past decade and I have recent posts on here saying the same: the merge button is the easy part. Its the decade+ (Richard says 25 years) that follows where you've accepted the transfer of maintenance thats hard.

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

I still can't keep the American school system years straight... How old are freshmen after 53 years of hiking???

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

New Jersey school has required every freshman to hike 55 miles on the Appalachian Trail for 53 years straight.

At St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, this isn’t optional — it’s a mandatory 5-day rite of passage before becoming a sophomore.

Many students have never hiked or camped before. They train together in the spring, then get split into small teams where each kid gets a critical role: navigator, medic, cook, captain, etc. No one knows everything — they must rely on each other.

With minimal adult supervision, they hike rain or shine, facing blisters, sore muscles, and real challenges head-on. As one administrator put it: “The only way we can get through this is if we work together.”

The result? Teens who return more confident, resilient, and bonded — proving that real growth happens when you step away from screens and into the wilderness.

What an incredible tradition! Parents, educators, and anyone raising tough kids — this is gold.

Who else believes we need more experiences like this?

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

@compileandpush @AgenticAIFdn @agentgateway The CLI is there to help folks get started and kick the tires quickly, but agentgateway does also come with a UI! This is what it looks like:

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

Huge news! If you haven't had a chance to check out agentgateway yet, this is the perfect time to give it a spin! If you have any questions or need help getting started, please reach out! It's been super exciting to see what folks have been building with this!

[Agentic AI Foundation @AgenticAIFdn]

Introducing @agentgateway — the newest hosted project at AAIF.

An open source gateway for MCP, A2A, LLM, and API traffic.

Unified routing, security, observability, and governance for modern AI systems.

Read the blog to learn more: https://t.co/W784kUOepm

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

Remarkable video showing the extent of the fireball from New Glenn's failure on Thursday evening.

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

Using Omarchy for the past few months has been amazing... I can't remember the last time I was excited to download an update to an OPERATING SYSTEM?!? Updating is such a dreaded chore in every other OS, but I'm actually pumped to update for new Omarchy features every time I can!

[DHH @dhh]

Omarchy 3.8 is out! Reminders, weather, and easy access to set system-wide defaults for browser, terminal, and editor. No-encryption installs possible too. And a lovely integrated transcoding flow. Enjoy 👌 https://t.co/k1y6R1ODw6

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

Don't tempt me with a good time, Delta!

[Ed Sealing @EdSealing]

Shoutout to @_howardjohn and the agentgateway team at https://t.co/GHLbCshVJU. Awesome project and I've never seen people respond to an OSS project like them.
You win the award for shortest Issue > PR > merge > release I've ever seen.

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

@tankots This is the version I've got, looks like the official one?

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

Downloaded this because it sounded too good to be true... Sure enough it had about an ~80% failure rate for me over my first 10 or so tries 😔 Where do I pick up my Porsche? 😅

[Tanay Kothari @tankots]

We offered 5 people a Porsche 911 GT3 RS if they could get @WisprFlow to make a mistake

It's the fastest and most accurate AI voice dictation app that's 3x more accurate than ChatGPT, Claude, or Siri.

Today, we’re finally launching on Android. Download now: https://t.co/TJhnUhDSLv

As a part of the launch, we’re giving away 6 months of Wispr Flow Pro for free.

Like, retweet and comment ‘Wispr Flow’ to get it. Enjoy.

— Written with Wispr Flow

[Jarred Sumner @jarredsumner]

In the next version of Claude Code

Claude Code’s Bash tool runs faster and uses less memory. Claude writing 1 GB to stdout 10 times:

Before: 115 seconds
After: 15 seconds (7x faster)

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

Love this demo! Playful and easy to understand, but shows a really powerful concept that I think we'll be seeing more and more of in production-grade systems at scale.

[Yuval Kohavi @KohaviYuval]

Happy Valentine's! have some fun with ext-auth and agentgateway https://t.co/e8b5rUzxXa

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

*Hype Intensifies*

[The Nerd of the Rings @nerdoftherings1]

Brandon Sanderson has been looking at what PJ did with LOTR and how it compares to adapting a Stormlight book…

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

Apple TV? Sanderson retains creative control? Movies for Mistborn and TV series for storm light? 😍

[Brandon Sanderson @BrandSanderson]

Brandon Sanderson’s Literary Fantasy Universe ‘Cosmere’ Picked Up by Apple TV (Exclusive) https://t.co/CFB3WVjJMd via @thr

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

@TylerHilliard @DillonLoomis For what it's worth I upgraded to the 2 stage Ryobi from the single stage - which I found to be useless for New England snow. The 2 stage worked GREAT when it worked! But the fact that so many seem to end up broken for months in the dead of winter is a bit of a disqualifier.

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

@DillonLoomis I love the look of that autonomous Yarbo that's been going around, but 5k is too steep. Thinking I'll probably just have to shovel this winter, and hopefully ride out the Ryobi til it dies in another few years. Fingers crossed the autonomous options will have come down by then!

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

@DillonLoomis I have the exact same model, kicked the bucket last weekend, within warranty. Told it will be "Probably months" until they can get the replacement part. All reviews of the service center say the same - months without their snowblower, waiting for parts. Expensive lesson learned.

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

Masterclass in marketing right here from Tree House!

[Tree House Brewing Co.🍺 @TreeHouseBrewCo]

@ericfisher I'm ready boss

[Shane O'Donnell @Sodman74]

Apparently 100% of my x impressions are from 50 year old men in Thailand who don't follow me 🤔

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

YouTube TV subscribers:

Here is the link to claim your $20 credit https://t.co/sqh843WZ3a