About Me

I’m Shannon Snowden. I live in Kentucky and write about the things I find genuinely interesting — which turns out to be a fairly specific combination: cars, history, and technology.

Cars

Cars show up here a lot. I go to local car shows when I can and I’ve developed a deep interest in early American automotive history — the era before Ford consolidated everything, when hundreds of companies were stamping out motorcars from machine shops in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. The story of all those manufacturers who tried and failed is one of the most interesting chapters in American industrial history, and it doesn’t get nearly enough attention.

I also appreciate a good working machine. My dad’s Ford 640 tractor — painted blue, powered by the Red Tiger engine — is the kind of thing that earns your respect over decades of honest use.

History

Kentucky has more history per square mile than most people realize. I’m drawn to the stories you find on roadside markers, in local archives, and buried inside niche industrial histories. The kind of history where you pull on one thread and end up somewhere completely unexpected.

Technology

I run a homelab. Right now that includes a self-hosted AI gateway called OpenClaw that connects AI models to messaging channels, runs scheduled agents, and keeps a second brain indexed in vector memory. I use Claude Code as my primary tool for configuring it — which is a little recursive, but it works well.

I’m interested in AI as practical infrastructure, not just as a demo. The question that interests me is: what does it actually look like to integrate these tools into how you work day to day?

You can find me on LinkedIn .