DejaVue

By Alexander Lichter & Michael ThiessenTechnology Education

DejaVue episodes

March 21, 2025Visualizing Data in Vue (with Dennis Adriaansen)
In episode 52 of DejaVue (yes, it is a whole year), Dennis Adriaansen joins Michael and Alex to discuss data visualization in Vue.js. Dennis shares insights about building chart components, his experience with different charting libraries, and introduces his own Vue charting library. They explore topics like chart customization, performance considerations, and integrating charts into dashboards.
The conversation also gets into broader topics such as open source sustainability, UI libraries, and backend integrations with Nuxt.
Enjoy the episode!

Our Guest
Dennis Adriaansen
Vue Chart Library
X
BSky

Chapters

(00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
(00:33) - A year of DejaVue
(01:20) - Another announcement from Michael
(02:52) - How did you get into programming?
(07:07) - Would people choose Vue more if it was more popular?
(11:37) - Podcasts and Hot Takes
(19:03) - Why charts?
(21:05) - How do you get started with building chart components?
(23:39) - What was your use case for charts?
(25:16) - What does Unovis provide?
(29:31) - Why not other Chart Libraries?
(34:34) - Performance of Charts
(38:48) - A tiny Vapor update
(40:40) - Which Charts does your library support?
(44:10) - When do you do Open Source?
(45:05) - Open Source Funding & Contributions
(49:47) - What makes a good Dashboard?
(52:03) - Which backend do you use with Nuxt?
(58:41) - Do you have a preferred UI library?
(01:01:43) - Where can people find you?
Links and Resources

DejaVue #051 - Vite Inside Out (with Matias "Patak" Capeletto)
Mastering Nuxt*
DejaVue #E049 - The Fusion of Laravel and Vue (with Aaron Francis)
DejaVue #E041 - The Quadruple Migration (with Rijk van Zanten)
D3.js
Tremor Labs
chart.js
Unovis
Dennis' Nuxt error dashboard
Vapor Playground
Reading Vue Vapor
Vue Chrts (Dennis' Lib)
Open Source Pledge
BBF Pattern
zod
valibot
Standard Schema
Nuxt UI*
Inspira UI
Reka UI

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Alexander Lichter

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1 hr 4 min
March 13, 2025Vite Inside Out (with Matias "Patak" Capeletto)
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
(00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
(52:00) - How did you get into programming?
(05:19) - Working on Open Source Full Time
(08:16) - What is Vite?
(18:48) - Why is Vite so fast?
(22:19) - Rollup and ESBuild?
(26:22) - VoidZero and Rolldown
(34:08) - The Scope of Vite
(36:27) - Vite Environment API
(45:49) - Converging Frameworks
(50:51) - Funding in Open Source
(01:04:24) - React as "the last framework"?
(01:10:18) - CRA Deprecation
(01:24:41) - Where can people follow you?
(01:26:09) - Last Words
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
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1 hr 27 min
March 06, 2025DevRel and IDEs (with Jan-Niklas Wortmann)
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
(01:19) - Guest Intro
(03:49) - Difference of Framework communities
(08:56) - The Ups and Downs of DevRel
(19:52) - Advice for people doing DevRel
(25:05) - What is JetBrains?
(27:46) - Reluctance to change Tools
(31:01) - Why one should check out WebStorm
(42:21) - TypeScript and AI in the IDE
(48:06) - A web-dev newsletter for your coffee break
(49:56) - Where can people follow you?
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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52 min
February 27, 2025The Fusion of Laravel and Vue (with Aaron Francis)
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
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Website

Michael Thiessen

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1 hr 33 min
February 20, 2025AI and Vue.js (with Daniel Kelly and Patrick van Everdingen)
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
(01:08) - Guest Introduction
(02:29) - Will we all lose our jobs to AI?
(09:24) - How have you integrated AI into your daily workflow?
(14:31) - What is your best tip/advice for using AI with Vue.js?
(18:03) - Does the role of documentation diminish with AI?
(26:21) - How do framework and library authors need to adapt to AI?
(31:05) - Where does environmental responsibility intersect with AI?
(38:06) - LLMs and Privacy
(43:10) - How will AI influence the job market?
(45:36) - Where can people find you?
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

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Alexander Lichter

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48 min
February 13, 2025A Vue at Alexander Lichter
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
(02:27) - What are you doing for work?
(06:09) - What patterns and bad/best practices have you noticed?
(11:18) - How is it being on the Nuxt team?
(14:05) - Joining the Nuxt team
(17:28) - How did you get into programming?
(25:03) - From Gaming to Modding and Programming
(30:02) - Getting into Web Development
(31:11) - Founding a company
(40:34) - Which courses from university stood out?
(53:49) - What happened between uni and now?
(01:00:12) - When did you start doing YouTube and why?
(01:06:25) - Quickfire
(01:06:38) - Why did you move to Amsterdam?
(01:07:32) - Do you still Minecraft or other games?
(01:08:47) - What topic you could give an impromptu talk on?
(01:10:49) - Wrapping up
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*

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Alexander Lichter

Bluesky
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Michael Thiessen

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1 hr 12 min
February 06, 2025A Vue at Michael Thiessen
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
(00:39) - Concept of this episode
(02:00) - What are you doing for a living?
(02:51) - Why did you start writing content about Vue.js?
(04:57) - From a blank page to a blog post
(07:36) - How Michael became a full-time educator
(12:37) - What was the fist course you created and why that one?
(15:45) - Give Feedback!
(19:54) - The key part of creating content
(22:32) - How many hours do you work?
(27:01) - What does an average day look like?
(30:24) - The point to switch to being an full-time educator
(35:10) - How did you get into programming?
(40:17) - Computer Science vs Software Engineering in university
(43:31) - Other learnings from university
(46:43) - How did you find a job after university?
(48:19) - Why Web Development?
(49:46) - From React to Vue
(51:20) - How did you start with public speaking?
(52:30) - Quickfire Questions
(52:38) - If not a developer, what would you be?
(53:02) - Your favorite non-tech hobby?
(53:43) - If you could choose any dev, who would you want to collaborate with and on what?
(54:49) - Where can people follow you?
(55:45) - Wrapping Up
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
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57 min
January 30, 2025FormKit and Hot Takes (with Justin Schroeder)
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
(00:23) - Guest Introduction
(01:15) - How did you get started in programming and Vue.js?
(06:02) - Frameworks as resource for learning patterns
(11:21) - The biggest reason to change a framework
(14:12) - Which framework would you choose for a new project?
(16:26) - SolidStart as a fresh start for a framework?
(17:56) - Adapting and managing expectations as a maintainer
(23:14) - Why Forms are hard and how does FormKit came up?
(32:26) - Accessibility for complex forms and components
(44:37) - How does FormKit sustain itself?
(49:13) - Physical to digital Forms with AI
(53:21) - Do you have to utilize AI as a Developer?
(01:03:42) - Justin's Hot Takes 🌶
(01:04:21) - Vue in 2024
(01:06:22) - Vapor Mode
(01:12:34) - Tailwind and headless components
(01:24:42) - Wrapping up
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
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Website

Michael Thiessen

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1 hr 26 min
January 23, 2025Our Predictions for Vue and Nuxt in 2025 (with Daniel Roe)
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
(01:21) - Daniel's Injuries and Accessibility
(03:13) - Fake teeth and other foolery
(04:10) - Biomodding your teeth
(06:25) - Is 2025 the year of Nuxt 4?
(11:49) - React Metaframeworks and the year of Nitro?
(17:28) - Course Announcements
(21:41) - No more Vinxi in 2025?
(26:03) - A prediction from the future
(31:14) - Will 2025 shift Open Source Sustainability...
(32:08) - ...driven by the WordPress incident?
(36:37) - Why hasn't there been a WordPress fork?
(39:10) - More amazing Conferences coming in 2025?
(42:55) - Vue Vapor in 2025
(47:56) - The Year of AI Agents?
(53:10) - Alien Signals Adoption in the JS World
(54:14) - Vue 4 coming in 2025?
(55:17) - A Unified JavaScript Toolchain in 2025?
(56:12) - The Developer Job Market in 2025
(01:00:21) - What are you predictions for 2025?
(01:00:56) - Daniel's info and Alex' last prediction
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
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1 hr 3 min
January 16, 2025The Year in ReVue (with Daniel Roe)
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
(01:08) - Daniel's favorite release in 2024
(02:20) - How did Nuxt Fonts evolve in the past year?
(03:58) - Benefits of Nuxt Fonts
(05:38) - Possible Future Improvements of Nuxt Fonts
(07:45) - What devs do wrong with fonts
(09:29) - The one CI tip saving you troubles
(11:01) - Vue 2 going EOL
(13:20) - Vue's development progress in 2024
(14:31) - Alien Signals
(17:24) - Tooling in Vue
(19:20) - Triaging the ecosystem
(23:53) - Our favorite Nuxt.js improvements
(30:25) - Nuxt 4
(37:14) - Nuxt 2 going EOL and Nuxt Bridge
(41:51) - Incremental improvements in the Vue Ecosystem
(45:24) - The Open Source Pledge
(47:45) - VoidZero
(49:30) - Our Favorite Vue.js Features in 2024
(52:19) - Quickfire
(54:22) - Honorable Mentions
(54:47) - Your feeling about the Vue and Nuxt ecosystem in 2024
(55:51) - Wrapping Up
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

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Alexander Lichter

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Welcome to DejaVue, the Vue podcast you didn't know you needed until now! Join Michael Thiessen and Alexander Lichter on a thrilling journey through the world of Vue and Nuxt.