Carl Vitullo
@vcarl.com
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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Carl Vitullo
@vcarl.com
· Mar 17
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
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Self-examination nothing: y'all need to confront the fact that you owe your academic career to the unique expertise of librarians and archivists.
Who do you think organized those LIBRARIES of texts that you're drawing upon?
Who do you think organized those LIBRARIES of texts that you're drawing upon?
If you're an academic who is protective or defensive about your own area of expertise (understandable, in this day and age), but are offended when it's suggested that professional archivists & librarians have unique expertise outside your own experience, that's worth some self-examination
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Self-examination nothing: y'all need to confront the fact that you owe your academic career to the unique expertise of librarians and archivists.
Who do you think organized those LIBRARIES of texts that you're drawing upon?
Who do you think organized those LIBRARIES of texts that you're drawing upon?
A PhD is just an Olympic medal in autism
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A PhD is just an Olympic medal in autism
One of the big reveltory moments of the AI slop era is going to be when the deeply mid programmers start to realize they're deeply held opinions don't actually affect quality of the product
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
One of the big reveltory moments of the AI slop era is going to be when the deeply mid programmers start to realize they're deeply held opinions don't actually affect quality of the product
medical interventions are about making you able to work, not supporting you as your best self. don't confuse the two
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
medical interventions are about making you able to work, not supporting you as your best self. don't confuse the two
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🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
the problem with relying on billionaire philanthropy instead of taxes for public good is that there are a lot more examples of philanthropists deciding the best public good rhymes with eugenics than public health or infrastructure
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
the problem with relying on billionaire philanthropy instead of taxes for public good is that there are a lot more examples of philanthropists deciding the best public good rhymes with eugenics than public health or infrastructure
someone used multiple burner Discord accounts to call me a f*gg*t and now I want to bait him on GitHub to see if i can get him banned there
December 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
someone used multiple burner Discord accounts to call me a f*gg*t and now I want to bait him on GitHub to see if i can get him banned there
i am increasingly confident that, in one way or another, "too much data bandwidth" is one of the more significant problems right now. we need caps on production
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
i am increasingly confident that, in one way or another, "too much data bandwidth" is one of the more significant problems right now. we need caps on production
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Important, exciting research — air pollution dropped 22% in NYC's congestion relief zone within the first 6 months of #CongestionPricing (with reductions in the surrounding neighborhoods, too)
Cleaner air, better transit, great data — all thanks to #CongestionPricing!
Cleaner air, better transit, great data — all thanks to #CongestionPricing!
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Important, exciting research — air pollution dropped 22% in NYC's congestion relief zone within the first 6 months of #CongestionPricing (with reductions in the surrounding neighborhoods, too)
Cleaner air, better transit, great data — all thanks to #CongestionPricing!
Cleaner air, better transit, great data — all thanks to #CongestionPricing!
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*chefskiss*
I'm not even a New Yorker and this hits perfectly.
I'm not even a New Yorker and this hits perfectly.
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
*chefskiss*
I'm not even a New Yorker and this hits perfectly.
I'm not even a New Yorker and this hits perfectly.
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This is tonight!
Tickets are on sale for Brooklyn Web Workers on November 24th withfriends.events/event/aCoaJy...
Mon, Nov 24 - Brooklyn Web Workers - November 2025 by Brooklyn Web Workers
Learn more, get tickets, and follow this event
withfriends.events
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is tonight!
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It turns out that fitness trackers and other quasi-medical devices have the same problem that Amy Orben and I wrote about in Science earlier this year:
Companies develop & deploy new products faster than science can help markets correct for bad products.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Companies develop & deploy new products faster than science can help markets correct for bad products.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Fixing the science of digital technology harms
Technology development outpaces scientific assessment of impacts
www.science.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It turns out that fitness trackers and other quasi-medical devices have the same problem that Amy Orben and I wrote about in Science earlier this year:
Companies develop & deploy new products faster than science can help markets correct for bad products.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Companies develop & deploy new products faster than science can help markets correct for bad products.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Self-conscious about how I talk because voice-to-text ends too many sentences in a question mark?
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Self-conscious about how I talk because voice-to-text ends too many sentences in a question mark?
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I do want to note Mamdani's transition specifically calling attention to like, people applying for city jobs and how many CVs they got in the mail, etc, because when was the last time you saw a politician actually talk about expanding state capacity other than hiring more cops?
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I do want to note Mamdani's transition specifically calling attention to like, people applying for city jobs and how many CVs they got in the mail, etc, because when was the last time you saw a politician actually talk about expanding state capacity other than hiring more cops?
I committed to speak with the title "what happens after you win the startup lottery"! Come see what I pull together for it!
Tickets are on sale for Brooklyn Web Workers on November 24th withfriends.events/event/aCoaJy...
Mon, Nov 24 - Brooklyn Web Workers - November 2025 by Brooklyn Web Workers
Learn more, get tickets, and follow this event
withfriends.events
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I committed to speak with the title "what happens after you win the startup lottery"! Come see what I pull together for it!
do you know how much heinous bullshit is defended with "it's obviously a joke"? if you post something that reads straightforwardly as a call to violence (i have not seen the original post that got him suspended, i'm speaking in generalities), it should be treated as a call to violence
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
do you know how much heinous bullshit is defended with "it's obviously a joke"? if you post something that reads straightforwardly as a call to violence (i have not seen the original post that got him suspended, i'm speaking in generalities), it should be treated as a call to violence
literally phrenology (derogatory)
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
literally phrenology (derogatory)
Given the idioms "it's in the bag" and "cats out of the bag," is the implied "it" a cat? Why are we so intent on keeping cats in bags?
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Given the idioms "it's in the bag" and "cats out of the bag," is the implied "it" a cat? Why are we so intent on keeping cats in bags?
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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TMiR 2025-10: Post-conf; React 19.2, React Foundation, React Native removing old architecture. Next.js has too many directives
TMiR 2025-10: Post-conf; React 19.2, React Foundation, React Native removing old architecture. Next.js has too many directives
Transcript and article links[00:00:00] Intro[00:00:46] New...
share.transistor.fm
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
TMiR 2025-10: Post-conf; React 19.2, React Foundation, React Native removing old architecture. Next.js has too many directives
If disobedience is allowed by the rules then it's not particularly disobedient is it
October 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
If disobedience is allowed by the rules then it's not particularly disobedient is it
pretty sure this would be considered a bribe in a functioning political and legal system
On Sid Rosenberg's talk radio show, Andrew Cuomo voices openness to offering Curtis Sliwa a job in his potential administration in exchange for him dropping out of the mayoral race.
"That would be something i would be interested in," Cuomo says.
"That would be something i would be interested in," Cuomo says.
October 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
pretty sure this would be considered a bribe in a functioning political and legal system
If you don't currently have Signal on your phone, you should. There is not another app that can credibly claim the same level of privacy -- not Telegram, not WhatsApp, and I don't think anyone is even claiming Discord is anywhere nearby
October 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you don't currently have Signal on your phone, you should. There is not another app that can credibly claim the same level of privacy -- not Telegram, not WhatsApp, and I don't think anyone is even claiming Discord is anywhere nearby