Carl Vitullo
@vcarl.com
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Solopreneur just vibing, posts are probably bullshit. Community lead at Reactiflux (https://reactiflux.com), the largest chat community of React professionals. Check out This Month in React (https://open.spotify.com/show/4g3Le83YfsMeI8Fq3cpPeH).
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I don't actually post much tech stuff here, the vibes here are semi-filtered Carl and I'm into a lot of stuff. I signal boost what I think is important, I post mundanities of life, I halfheartedly promote my work, and I post very inconsistently. @reactiflux.com and @tmir.reactiflux.com are tech alts
I won, I beat the game
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The US has the "longest-surviving written constitution", perhaps a group of enterprising young idealists could prepare for 2028 with a revised document
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In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
Some people dismiss fears because those fears have been stoked for 15 years by people who benefit from fear!!
Some dismiss concerns about subway crime as baseless, the result of insufficiently hardened attitudes toward life in the “big city," Charles Fain Lehman writes. But if policy makers ignore people’s fears, they'll miss a chance to make transit better:
The Other Reason Americans Don’t Use Mass Transit
People will take buses and trains only if they feel safe while riding them.
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Maybe I'll write something about navigating adulthood without him. He died when I was 16
Today is the end of the first day where I've lived a majority of my life without my dad
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There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that
so apparently this Hades game y'all are obsessed with is by the same guy who made Bastion in ye olde days of yore
People dream of terraforming other planets, but if we're talking "making an entire planet more habitable" why wouldn't we start with Earth
Been thinking about invite only spaces generally TBH. I think there's going to be a big swing towards that because of how much automated content there is being posted everywhere, people need spaces where they know that people are talking to are humans
I mean, that's a complex series of interactions with poor platform support. I've done it without an enormous ui library but it took a week to build, and resulted in an enormous component
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RN DevTools ❤️ recreating the experience of Chrome DevTools, but on native. (Web devs: if you haven't written mobile apps, you don't know how good we have it with the DevTools)
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Day 2 of React Conf! React Native keynotw now
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DNS shit for usernames was the smartest thing ever
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(hello from React Conf 2025! find @vcarl.com and @acemarke.dev there!)
Soooo instead I hiked the washout. I got here too late to get out to the actual falls unfortunately, but I had a great time on a night hike on the washout (also I saw a donkey)
Realized while route planning that it was adding on multiple hours due to a washed out road
Unexpectedly, I have wifi! There's a super cool little off-grid restaurant down in Death Valley, would recommend maps.app.goo.gl/yApcjXTyXTgD...
Road up there looks pretty rough, not sure the rental SUV will handle it, not sure I'll have the calories to finish, not sure it's a good idea given it's the day after 8 hours of driving and the day before a conference at 8am. But, fuck it?
Driving 8 hours tomorrow, with a stop at Darwin Falls before car camping that night
Darwin Falls Trail via Old Toll Road
• General fee: Death Valley National Park charges a fee to enter. Annual Passes are also available for purchase. For more information, please visit https://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/fees.htm • 2025 Government Shutdown Information: During the 2025 US government shutdown, federal public lands are closed or operating without staff or services. Please plan accordingly and respect posted signs and closures. Remember to pack out everything you pack in. Practice extra caution and be prepared for changing conditions and safety concerns on roads and trails. Flowing water cascades into a shallow pool surrounded by lush green vegetation.   The above description is not one often associated with Death Valley, but the arid Mojave Desert makes an exception at Darwin Falls. Nestled in an unassuming canyon with no water flowing beyond the canyon mouth, few would guess that around several dry desert bends hides a world of water and life. Darwin Falls was named for an Army physician, Erasmus Darwin French, who came to the West in 1846 during the Mexican-American war and prospected for silver in the area. At around 18 feet (5.5 m) tall, Darwin Falls is one of only a handful of year-round waterfalls in Death Valley National Park. The spring-fed water creates a truly special environment, allowing for the growth of trees, cattails, aquatic vegetation, and even ferns. Amphibians such as tree frogs and toads complete part of their lifecycle in these waters, and wildlife including bighorn sheep depend on the water’s flow for survival. Humans have also used this water for hundreds of years, and hikers may notice a metal pipe carrying water from the stream below the falls. Please do not enter the pool, as it is the drinking source for nearby Panamint Springs Resort. The trailhead for the falls is accessed via an unmarked gravel road 1.2 miles (2 km) west of Panamint Springs Resort and is not always passable by sedans; speak with a ranger about current road conditions before heading out. The route is unmarked. Fairly flat but becomes rocky as it transitions from a desert wash into a high-walled canyon. Inside the canyon, thick vegetation, stream crossings, and large slick rocks create obstacles requiring caution.
www.alltrails.com
Setting off on a roadtrip tomorrow while en route to @react.dev conf!