--- title: "Netlify acquires Gatsby" publication: "React Status" issue: 324 published_at: "2023-02-01" canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/324" --- Plus the future of Create React App, building a map component, and a really big calendar. | #​324 — February 1, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/324) Together with [![Frontend Masters logo\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_300,h_70/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:5/nk0tfdvalivacz8rw7rt.png)](https://frontendmasters.com/learn/react/?utm_source=reactstatus&utm_medium=email&utm_content=learningpath) React Status [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/pmunvzeujxizp2a98eie.jpg)](https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/5487#issuecomment-1409720741) [The Future of Create React App and Why It Exists](https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/5487#issuecomment-1409720741) — Dan wrote pretty much an essay in a comment on [the issue thread](https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/5487) we linked last week with “some background on the future of _Create React App_” and concludes with the team’s thoughts on leaning towards [turning](https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/pull/5487#issuecomment-1409720741) Create React App into a 'launcher.' 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