Vite is amazing, I think we can all agree on that statement. But what is Vite actually!? Why is it so great, faster than webpack and the "de-facto standard of the web" already?

Alex is joined by Vite Core Team member Matias Capeletto, better known as Patak, to talk about all these questions.

Learn about the future of Vite, how it uses two bundlers under the hood and why almost every framework adopted it. Enjoy the episode!

Enjoy the episode!

Our Guest

Matias "Patak" Capeletto

• Vite
• Website
• Bluesky

Chapters

• (00:00) - Chapter 1

Links and Resources

• Rolldown
• Snowpack
• rolldown/vite
• vinxi
• unplugin
• vite node
• Miniflare
• All About VoidZero
• DejaVue #044 - Our Predictions for Vue and Nuxt in 2025 (with Daniel Roe)
• Sunsetting Create React App
• CRA PR
• create-tsrouter-app

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Bluesky
• YouTube
• Website

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For episode number 50 (not 51 Alex!), Angular GDE and JetBrains DevRel Jan-Niklas Wortmann joins the show. Together with Michael and Alex they dive into Jan-Niklas' angle of being a DevRel, how framework communities are different and why people should give WebStorm a try. Beyond that, Volar and LSPs are also covered, as well as some new announcements!

Enjoy the episode

Our Guest

Jan-Niklas Wortmann

• Website
• Weekly Devs Brew
• Bluesky

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue

Links and Resources

• KCDC
• DejaVue #E033 - Vue or React (with CJ Reynolds)
• Nuxt Project Template in WebStorm
• DejaVue #E049 - The Fusion of Laravel and Vue (with Aaron Francis)
• DejaVue #E007 - From Code to DevRel and Leadership (with Marc Backes)
• Try the new WebStorm TS Engine now
• JetBrains Junie
• The Weekly Devs Brew

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Bluesky
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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In this episode, Michael and Alex are joined by Aaron Francis, software developer, content creator, and co-founder of Try Hard Studios. 

Besides covering Aaron's journey into programming, they dive into Fusion, a new library that Aaron has been working on which will fuse your Laravel backend together with your Vue frontend, allowing you to write PHP and Vue in the same file. The three developers dive deep into the technical details of Fusion, how it works under the hood, and also how the community reactions have been so far.

Enjoy the episode!

Our Guest

Aaron Francis

• Fusion
• TryHard Studios
• Bluesky
• Twitter

Chapters

Links and Resources

• Laravel
• TryHard Studios
• Fusion
• Fusion Intro Video
• Aaron's Laracon EU 2025 Talk
• DejaVue #E029 - Inertia.js (with Joe Tannenbaum)
• Volar
• Fusion Reddit Post
• Nuxt Server Blocks
• DejaVue #E020 - Documentation and Migration: From Vue 2 to Vue 3 (with Natalia Tepluhina)
• DejaVue #E016 - The Future of Vue.js (with Evan You)
• Aaron's Year in Review post

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Bluesky
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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AI is a hot topic in the tech industry, but how does it intersect with Vue.js?

In this special episode, Michael and Alex host a panel at Vue.js Nation 2025 and are joined by two amazing guests:

• Patrick van Everdingen, AI Solutions Engineer
• Daniel Kelly, Lead Instructor at Vue School

The four developers discuss how AI and Vue can work together. Will we all lose our jobs to AI? How does AI might influence the job market and which tips for Vue.js developers are the most important to know regarding using AI in their projects and workflows? You'll get answers to all these questions, and more in this episode.

Thanks again

Enjoy the Episode!

Our Panelists

Patrick van Everdingen

• CareerDeck AI
• Twitter

Daniel Kelly

• VueSchool
• Bluesky
• Twitter

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue

Links and Resources

• DejaVue #E016 - The Future of Vue.js (with Evan You)
• DejaVue #E044 - Our Predictions for Vue and Nuxt in 2025 (with Daniel Roe)
• DejaVue #E033 - Vue or React (with CJ Reynolds)
• DejaVue #E023 - TypeScript and Content Creation (with Matt Pocock)
• DejaVue #E005 - From Side Hustle to Server Side Events (with Patrick van Everdingen)
• Vue.js Nation 2025: Daniel Kelly - Vue-doo Magic: AI Development Tricks
• Cursor (AI Editor)
• How Michael uses AI to quickly learn new libraries
• Anthropic suggesting to use XML tags for structuring prompts
• WebLLM
• DejaVue #E045 - Formkit and Hot Takes (with Justin Schroeder)
• Sign up for Frontend Nation 2025
• All talks from Vue.js Nation 2025

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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If you've listened to the last episode, you know what is coming next! It is time to get take a Vue at the other host of this podcast. Michael is asking Alex all around his past - from how we got into programming and web development, if university was worth it and how he got into the Nuxt Core Team.
Also don't miss out how Minecraft is part of the history, what non-tech job Alex would do if programming wouldn't be in the cards, and why is GitHub account is over 14 years old.

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue

Links and Resources

• Join Vue.js Amsterdam 2025 - Get 10% OFF with the code "DEJAVUE"
• DejaVue #E046 - A Vue at Michael Thiessen
• DejaVue #E045 - Formkit and Hot Takes (with Justin Schroeder)
• DejaVue #E044 - Our Predictions for Vue and Nuxt in 2025 (with Daniel Roe)
• How to use the repository pattern in Nuxt
• Alex' first Minecraft plugin
• Alex' Old Bukkit account
• Alex' First Issue (actually his 2nd but who counts these!)
• SmartGain website
• Building an Association Manager Playlist
• PaladinsCounter side project showcase
• Mastering Nuxt*

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Bluesky
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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The guest of this episode is one you've heard on here quite often - but do you also know him well? Together, we take a look (or Vue 👀) at Michael Thiessen, co-host of this podcast.
Learn how his average day looks like, how he became a full-time content creator and find out what he did before getting into Web Development, plus insights on how he created his first course and dealt with impostor syndrome.

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue

Links and Resources

• VueConf Toronto
• Michael's previous band
• EDM music Michael produced a long time ago
• Quick Sort Dance
• Lisp
• Prolog
• Unsight
• Mastering Nuxt*

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Bluesky
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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Together with the FormKit author Justin Schroeder, Michael and Alex discuss the challenges of building forms on the internet.

While it seems like a simple task, forms can be complex and pretty time-consuming. Especially when it is more than a Newsletter or Contact Form.

Justin shares his experience building FormKit (multiple times), a form library for Vue.js, and how it can help developers build forms faster and more efficiently. From Accessibility to actually covering edge cases such as form hydration and repopulation!

Of course, we couldn't let Justin go without talking about some of his hot takes from Vue in 2024, over to Vapor Mode, and Tailwind.

Enjoy the episode!

Our Guest

Justin Schroeder

• Bluesky
• Web
• FormKit

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue

Links and Resources

• FormKit
• DejaVue #E039 - Migrating a SaaS from Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3 (with Sumit Kumar)
• WCAG 2.0
• KickStart*
• Inspira UI
• Motion-Vue
• Framer Motion for Vue
• Addy Osmani - The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding
• Vue SSR Benchmark

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Bluesky
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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After our recap episode on 2024, it is time to look into 2025 - and share our predictions and even some rather spicy hot takes what developers can expect in 2025. Of course, Michael and Alex once again have the Nuxt team Lead Daniel Roe on the show to get some insights on his takes as well!

Find out more about their thoughts on Vue Vapor, Nuxt 4, Conferences, Alien Signals, Vue 4, Nitro and many more topics that will be (most likely) relevant in this year.

While the focus is mainly Vue and Nuxt, topics around general Web Development are covered too - from AI to Open Source and the job market in 2025.

Enjoy the Episode!

Our Guest

Daniel Roe

• Bluesky
• Web
• YouTube
• Twitch

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue

Links and Resources

• Accessibility Chart
• State of JS Survey
• Alex' Video on State Of JS through the Vue lense
• Daniel's upcoming React to Nuxt course
• Mastering Nuxt (3 at the time of recording)*
• Alex' upcoming Nitro Course
• Badass Courses' Course Builder Repo
• Vinxi
• Nikhil's tweet
• NIH tendency
• XKCD standards
• thanks.dev
• Open Source Pledge
• MadVue
• PragVue
• Kazupon's Tweet on Vapor with other Frameworks
• Meta on Large Concept Models

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Bluesky
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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Of course, we can't fully start into 2025 with a little ReVue of the past year. And to make sure to catch all the highlights, Alex is joined by Daniel Roe, full-time open source developer and lead of the Nuxt team to go through some notable events of 2024 in the Vue and Nuxt ecosystem.

In addition to the shining moments of 2024, don't miss out a deep dive into web fonts, learn why Nuxt 4 isn't out yet if you didn't know already and maybe even get a slight glimpse into 2025 and Nuxt 5.

Enjoy the Episode!

Our Guest

Daniel Roe

• Bluesky
• Web
• YouTube
• Twitch

Chapters

• (00:00) - The Year in ReVue

Links and Resources

• Join Vue.js Amsterdam 2025* and get 10% off with code DEJAVUE

• Nuxt Fonts
• Daniel's Talk at Vue Amsterdam 2024
• Fontaine
• PostCSS Font Magician
• Alien Signals
• TC39 Polyfill Alien Signals PR
• Volar
• Vue TSC as part of the language tools
• sharedPrerenderData Video
• Upgrade to Nuxt 4 via compatibilityVersion already
• Nitro
• SSR Logs in the Browser
• Nuxt 3.15.2
• Nuxt Bridge
• Vue Macros
• Vite
• Elk
• StackBlitz
• xkcd 2347: Dependency
• useId
• (Lazy) Hydration
• defineModel
• Hydration message improvements on Vue 3.4
• Reactive props destructure
• v-bind shorthand
• Nuxt OG Image
• UnoCSS
• Vue is the fastest SSR Framework
• Inspira UI Components

Your Host

Alexander Lichter

• BlueSky
• YouTube
• Website

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In this episode, Michael talks with Adam Jahr, Founder of Vue Mastery, all about creating technical content - and how this is relevant for you as a developer.

Tune in and figure out how Adam founded Vue Mastery, what his biggest learnings from his Coding Bootcamp times were and learn key tips that can set your content apart from others!
And as a bonus - learn what creating content, regardless the format, has to do with Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.

Ready? Then wait no further

Enjoy the Episode!

Our Guest

Adam Jahr

• Vue Mastery
• Adam on X
• VueMastery on YouTube

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue

Links and Resources

• Join Vue.js Amsterdam 2025* and get 10% off with code DEJAVUE

• Hero's Journey
• Vue Mastery
• Michael's Composable Design Course (out now!)
• DejaVue Episode #020 - Documentation and Migration: From Vue 2 to Vue 3 (with Natalia Tepluhina)

Your Host

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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