DejaVue

Written by: Alexander Lichter & Michael Thiessen
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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. Get ready for weekly episodes packed with insights, updates, and deep dives into everything Vue-related. From component libraries to best practices, and beyond, they've got you covered.
    © 2025 Alexander Lichter & Michael Thiessen
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  • e18e: Ecosystem Performance (with James Garbutt)

    e18e: Ecosystem Performance (with James Garbutt)
    Apr 13 2025
    In this episode of DejaVue, Alex sits down with James Garbutt, open source maintainer and lead of the e18e initiative. James shares his journey from writing web scrapers as a teenager to maintaining critical JavaScript libraries like parse5 or Chokidar and eventually co-creating the ecosystem performance initiative.The conversation is then all around e18e, which aims to improve performance across the JavaScript ecosystem through three pillars:Cleaning up dependency treesSpeeding up popular packagesCreating lighter alternatives to bloated librariesJames explains how the community-driven approach has produced impressive results all across the web development landscape.Learn about real-world examples of performance improvements, including replacement packages like tinyglobby and nano-staged, and discover how to contribute to e18e even if you're new to open source. James shares also insights on balancing between backward compatibility and performance, bundling dependencies, and also shares future plans for e18e in 2025.Enjoy the episode!Our GuestJames "43081j" Garbutte18eWebsiteBlueskyChapters(00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue (00:34) - Which libraries do you maintain? (02:10) - How did you get into programming? (04:57) - What lead you to Vue.js (06:40) - Not ending up in a framework bubble (09:41) - Meta frameworks converging (11:28) - What is e18e? (15:40) - The purpose of e18e (18:27) - How to participate? (20:38) - Are there prerequisites? (23:59) - Ripple effects from e18e improving the ecosystem (26:36) - Helping other projects migrate (30:27) - Considering backwards compatibility (35:50) - Example for replacement packages (37:56) - tinyglobby (40:40) - Edge cases and modular architecture (43:49) - Performance pattern and anti pattern (45:32) - Bundling dependencies (50:48) - What is planned for e18e in 2025? (56:39) - How do you lead and structure the e18e initiative? (01:01:42) - Anything else we didn't cover? (01:02:21) - Wrapping upLinks and ResourcesParse5Doom in TypeScriptFlappy Bird in TSLitElementSpeeding up the ecosystem blog post series by Marvin Hagemeistere18e issue overviewe18e Discordminizlib install size improvementsStorybook dependency tree reductione18e module replacement repositoryAnthony Fu's node_modules inspectorPublint by Bjorn LuUmbrella CLInano-staged (instead of lint-staged)npm-run-all2eslint-import-plugin-x (instead of eslint-plugin-import)tinyglobby (instead of any other glob lib like globby/fast-glob)fdirVite Devtools announcementBundling dependencies (and when not to do it)A lighter Nuxt CLIYour HostsAlexander LichterBlueskyYouTubeWebsite---Links marked with * are affiliate links. We get a small commission when you register for the service through our link. This helps us to keep the podcast running. We only include affiliate links for services mentioned in the episode or that we use ourselves.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Open Source Sustainability (with Daniel Roe, Chad Whitacre & Rijk van Zanten)

    Open Source Sustainability (with Daniel Roe, Chad Whitacre & Rijk van Zanten)
    Apr 6 2025

    Join hosts Michael Thiessen and Alexander Lichter for a special episode of DejaVue - a fascinating panel discussion on open source sustainability with three open source enthusiasts:

    • Daniel Roe (Nuxt Team Lead),
    • Chad Whitacre (Head of Open Source at Sentry), and
    • Rijk van Zanten (CTO and co-founder of Directus).


    The panelists dive deep into what sustainability truly means in open source and get deep into the weeds of different licensing models, debating whether open source functions as a gift economy, and discuss the challenges of project governance.


    The panel also discusses important questions about leadership structures in open source projects, the role of companies in funding development, and practical ways everyone can contribute to making the ecosystem more sustainable - whether financially or through other meaningful contributions.


    Enjoy the episode!


    Our Guests

    Daniel Roe - Nuxt Team Lead

    • Bluesky
    • Web

    Chad Whitacre - Head of Open Source at Sentry

    • Bluesky
    • Twitter
    • Web


    Rijk van Zanten - CTO and co-founder of Directus

    • Bluesky
    • Twitter
    • Web


    Chapters

    • (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
    • (04:06) - What is Open Source Sustainability
    • (12:51) - Open Source as a gift economy
    • (19:20) - The Projects and their Licenses
    • (29:50) - Sentry is not Open Source
    • (34:53) - Open Source Definition and OSI
    • (37:09) - Why people adopt open source software?
    • (39:44) - Open Source Governance
    • (47:50) - Stewarding an open source team
    • (52:22) - Open Source Leadership
    • (55:40) - What can YOU do to help open source?


    Links and Resources


    • Mastering Nuxt*
    • xkcd on standards
    • Jacob Kaplan-Moss: Paying Maintainers is Good
    • Sentry
    • Directus
    • Nuxt
    • BSL
    • Fair Source
    • MIT
    • AGPL
    • OSI
    • BDFL
    • Nuxt Governance
    • Open Source Steward in the CRA
    • Daniel Roe: Contributing to Nuxt
    • Open Source Pledge


    Your Hosts

    Alexander Lichter

    • Bluesky
    • YouTube
    • Website


    Michael Thiessen

    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • Website


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    1 hr
  • New Releases: Nuxt 3.16 and Nuxt UI 3

    New Releases: Nuxt 3.16 and Nuxt UI 3
    Mar 28 2025

    Nuxt 3.16 dropped and it's packed with goodies! In this episode, Alex and Michael break down all the cool stuff in this release that'll make your Nuxt development smoother.


    They dive into the new command to initialize a Nuxt application, the performance-game-changing lazy hydration support that'll boost your app's performance, and named layer aliases (that you've been waiting for). Plus, huge performance improvements, better error messages with Nitro 2.11 and debugging improvements that'll save you hours of head-scratching.


    But wait, there's more! The duo also geeks out over Nuxt UI v3, which (surprise!) now works with plain Vue.js too - not just Nuxt. Learn how it leverages Tailwind v4, introduces a sweet CSS variables-based design system, and builds on Reka UI primitives for better accessibility. And somehow, a discount code for Nuxt UI Pro* *cough DEJAVUE cough* gets snuck in there too!


    Enjoy the episode!


    Chapters

    • (00:00) - Intro
    • (00:54) - Nuxt 3.16 Feature Overview
    • (01:27) - A new way to initialize Nuxt projects
    • (07:06) - Lazy Hydration in Nuxt
    • (16:05) - Named Layer Aliases
    • (17:45) - Lines of Code vs. Complexity
    • (20:16) - What a new Nitro minor brings to the table
    • (21:33) - Fine-grained debugging options
    • (23:25) - Nuxt Devtools v2
    • (25:47) - Faster module resolution (and faster boot up time)
    • (27:39) - Using OXC to speed up component parsing
    • (28:58) - Benchmark performance improvements
    • (31:43) - Nuxt UI v3
    • (40:58) - Sneak peek at next weeks episode 👀
    • (41:17) - Suggest a new slogan!


    Links and Resources


    • Mastering Nuxt is out now!*
    • Nuxt UI*
    • Get 20% OFF Nuxt UI PRO* with discount code DEJAVUE


    • Nuxt 3.16 blog post
    • Vue implementing Lazy Hydration
    • Nuxt Lazy Hydration PR
    • Lazy Hydration in-depth
    • More about Nuxt Layers
    • Revamping data fetching in Nuxt PR
    • Nitro 2.11
    • Youch
    • Harlan's PR to speed up module resolution
    • OXC PR
    • Rolldown-vite
    • CodSpeed
    • Tailwind Variants


    Your Hosts

    Alexander Lichter

    • Bluesky
    • YouTube
    • Website


    Michael Thiessen

    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • Website


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    42 mins

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