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
• (01:03) - Why creating technical content is key
• (02:16) - What is Vue Mastery?
• (05:52) - Biggest learnings from Coding Bootcamp times
• (09:46) - Getting in touch early with the Vue community
• (15:03) - Splitting time between marketing and creating content
• (18:40) - Importance of different Creators and learning Formats
• (20:07) - How to reach and teach developers
• (31:41) - The same framework applied to sales
• (33:19) - Applying it to your own stuff
• (34:44) - A glimpse down the rabbit hole
• (39:22) - Creating an open loop
• (43:32) - Music Production and Sourdough
• (47:47) - Show them the "Why"
• (52:45) - Isolating focus
• (58:26) - Magic Move and Animations
• (01:03:18) - Where can we follow you Adam?
• (01:04:19) - Wrapping up

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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To start the year light and fun, Michael and Alex are joined by Rijk van Zanten, the creator of Directus.

Of course we talk about his journey into web development, the Vue.js ecosystem, what Directus is and why he chose Vue over other frameworks for it's extensible frontend.

Further, Rijk shares his thoughts on the Vue.js job market and how his "Quadruple Migration", over to the Composition API, Pinia, Vue 3 and Vite, went. As a cherry on top - this all started *very* early in the development cycle of Vue 3!

But the fun doesn't and there because Rijk comes with the one or the other hot take on topics like TypeScript and whether our libraries will be worse for JavaScript developers, testing, and many many other scenarios.

Enjoy the Episode!

Our Guest

Rijk van Zanten

• Directus
• BlueSky
• Web

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
• (00:47) - How did you got into Web Development and Vue?
• (03:10) - Does Vue appeal to a certain kind of people?
• (05:35) - The web as the primary platform
• (07:47) - What is Directus?
• (10:34) - Why Vue.js and not React for Directus?
• (18:28) - Jobs for Vue vs. React Developers
• (26:33) - Green Flags for Hiring Candidates
• (27:19) - Composition API and Pinia from 0.0.1
• (39:02) - Breaking changes and Migrating from early versions
• (44:28) - Testing when Prototyping - Unit and E2E
• (53:11) - The right level of Testing for the project
• (55:56) - Mutation Testing
• (59:09) - Does TypeScript makes us writing worse JS libraries?
• (01:09:09) - Dealing with Legacy and EOL
• (01:18:38) - Where can people Follow you?
• (01:19:42) - Wrapping up

Links and Resources

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

• ConTejas Podcast with Alex
• Michael's Clean Components Toolkit
• Michael's Upcoming Composable Design Course
• Daniel Roe's React To Nuxt Course
• Alex's Next to Nuxt Migration in less than 1h Video
• Stryker Mutation Testing Framework
• DejaVue Episode #038 - Self-founding and growing a Nuxt-based SaaS (with Sumit Kumar)

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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This DejaVue episode comes as a little special! As a belated Christmas present, we got everything, literally everything that was discussed on this podcast about one big topic: Composition API vs. Options API.
A lot of our previous guests had their own takes on the two APIs - and some might surprise you! So, why not tuning in and hear fifteen people talk about their opinions, insights and suggestions when it comes to using their preferred API in Vue - and why.

Oh, and yes - there is even a little spoiler for next weeks episode

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to the DejaVue Special
• (00:37) - Evan You
• (18:04) - Natalia Tepluhina
• (26:09) - Tim Benniks
• (27:11) - Joe Tannenbaum
• (30:14) - CJ Reynolds
• (37:33) - Simone Cuomo
• (41:28) - Sumit Kumar
• (48:29) - Jakub Andrzejewski
• (49:54) - Rijk van Zanten
• (53:47) - Eduardo San Martin Morote
• (57:46) - Vue Toronto Panel
• (58:18) - Wrapping Up

Links and Resources

• Organizing Composition API Code Video
• Michael's Inline Composable Article
• Screenshot CAPI OAPI Comparison
• Evan's Migrated File
• Pinia

Referenced Episodes

• DejaVue #E015 - Ten Years of Vue.js (with Evan You)
• DejaVue #E020 - Documentation and Migration: From Vue 2 to Vue 3 (with Natalia Tepluhina)
• DejaVue #E009 - Vue.js in Large Applications (with Tim Benniks)
• DejaVue #E029 - Inertia.js (with Joe Tannenbaum)
• DejaVue #E033 - Vue or React (with CJ Reynolds)
• DejaVue #E032 - Getting Started with Vue.js (with Simone Cuomo)
• DejaVue #E039 - Migrating a SaaS from Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3 (with Sumit Kumar)
• DejaVue #E036 - Secure your Vue and Nuxt Applications (with Jakub Andrzejewski)
• DejaVue #E041 - The Quadruple Migration (with Rijk van Zanten) is coming up NEXT WEEK
• DejaVue #E030 - Pinia and Data Loaders (with Eduardo San Martin Morote)
• DejaVue #E037 - VueConf Toronto Panel (with Evan You, Daniel Roe, Sigrid Huemer and John Leider)

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• BlueSky
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Twitch
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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.