The Stack Overflow Podcast The future of Vue is you (and You)
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Aug 15, 2025 Ryan welcomes Evan You, the creator of Vue.js and Vite, whose innovative work focuses on high-performance tooling for JavaScript. They discuss Vue's journey from its inception to a thriving framework, emphasizing the balance of community support and financial sustainability. The conversation dives into exciting AI integrations that improve coding efficiency and the architectural upgrades in Vue 3. Evan shares insights on fostering community engagement and the future of open-source projects, revealing how user questions shape AI development.
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From Art History To Browser Prototypes
- Evan studied art history and moved into coding via new-media art and Flash experiments.
- He joined Google Creative Labs to build browser-based creative prototypes that influenced later products.
Built Vue From Friction With AngularJS
- Evan used AngularJS for quick prototypes but found its full structure excessive for single-page experiments.
- He recreated the templating/state-binding part he liked and started Vue to keep things simple.
API Design As User-Centered Design
- Evan's design background shaped Vue's API, docs, and branding as a holistic product.
- He treated API design as a user-facing design problem, not just code architecture.