The second half of the conversation with Sumit Kumar focuses all on the technical side of his SaaS.

At first, Michael and Alex talk about Sumit's experience with the migration from Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3 - and we all know this isn't an easy one. Further, the Composition API vs. the Options API, as well as structuring code and writing good composables are discussed.
And of course, the question if Sumit considered rewriting the application based on another tech stack was part of it too - he had really good reasons why he didn't!

Time to tune in.

Enjoy the Episode!

Our Guest

Sumit Kumar

• Parqet (GER)
• BlueSky
• Twitter
• YouTube

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
• (00:44) - How did your Nuxt migration go?
• (02:32) - When did you start considering migration and why not earlier?
• (04:42) - Composition API only packages and other pitfalls
• (06:46) - Steps that you tried out
• (10:11) - No such migration anymore
• (10:28) - Time frame of the migration
• (12:07) - What is CAPI and what stays OAPI
• (15:31) - Getting acquainted with the Composition API
• (18:28) - Structuring your Script part
• (26:00) - Reusing Composables
• (30:56) - Changing the Tech Stack?
• (38:35) - Wrapping Up

Links and Resources

• Fill out the State of Vue.js Survey

• Pinia
• Michael's Inline Composable Article
• Organizing Composition API Code Video
• Michael's Composable Design Patterns Course (Early Access)
• Screenshot CAPI OAPI Comparison
• Evan's Migrated File
• DejaVue #E020 - Documentation and Migration: From Vue 2 to Vue 3 (with Natalia Tepluhina)
• DejaVue #E010 - Design Patterns in Vue.js

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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In this episode of DejaVue, Alex and Michael are joined by Sumit Kumar, the founder of Parqet.

Sumit shares his journey from getting into Web Development and Vue.js over to working at Stripe and eventually founding Parqet, a (German) portfolio tracker SaaS. Topics covered in the first part of our conversation include a lot of business insights, such as the transition from being a developer to being a founder, the challenges and benefits of bootstrapping, as well as the importance of marketing.

If you are interested in the business side of things, you definitely should not miss out.

Enjoy the episode!

Our Guest

Sumit Kumar

• Parqet (GER)
• BlueSky
• Twitter
• YouTube

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
• (01:28) - How did you get into Web Development and Vue.js?
• (04:53) - Converging Frameworks
• (07:39) - Previous Work Experiences and joining Stripe
• (10:15) - What did you learn from working at Stripe?
• (14:05) - The Front Page Test
• (16:39) - How did your start Parqet?
• (20:12) - The Transition from Developer to Founder
• (23:02) - Can you focus only on Programming as a Founder?
• (27:03) - Finding a CEO instead of being one
• (29:25) - Marketing is Half the Job
• (30:24) - How did Parqet grow?
• (39:56) - Why don't you share your MRR anymore?
• (43:15) - Why did you choose to bootstrap
• (49:26) - Niche down strategy
• (51:47) - Dealing with GDPR and localization
• (01:00:40) - Wrapping up

Links and Resources

• Fill out the State of Vue.js Survey
• And also the State of JS Survey 🙌

• Mastering Nuxt 3*
• DejaVue #E031 - All About VoidZero (with Evan You)
• Parqet (GER)
• The EMyth Revisited
• MAKE
• The Launch Livestream of Parqet fka. Tresor One (GER/ENG)
• Minimal Empires (GER)
• Verhältnismäßigkeit
• How to center a div

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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For the first time, the DejaVue Podcast goes "live"! Alex and Michael met up at VueConf Toronto and could do a whole DejaVue episode on stage. Of course, this is even more fun with guests, so they are joined by four speakers of the Conference.

• Evan You, Creator of Vue, Vite, Rolldown and Founder of VoidZero,
• Daniel Roe, Lead of the Nuxt Team,
• Sigrid Huemer, Software Engineer at Sentry, and
• John Leider, Creator of Vuetify.

But that's not the end! The audience could ask questions to the whole panel, while the DejaVue hosts curated and selected the most interesting ones.
Learn more about how all of the panelists started with Open Source, which were their biggest achievements, how Impostor Syndrome influenced them, what talks they'd be interested in as speakers and much more

Enjoy the Episode!

Our Panelists

Evan You

• Vue.js
• Vite
• VoidZero
• Bluesky

Daniel Roe

• Website
• YouTube
• Bluesky

Sigrid Huemer

• Website
• Bluesky

John Leider

• Website
• Twitter

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue Live
• (00:38) - Introducing our panelists
• (02:29) - How did you get into Open Source?
• (06:23) - What side projects are you working on?
• (11:40) - Do you feel the impostor syndrome?
• (18:53) - What were your biggest achievements so far?
• (22:42) - How to get started contributing to Open Source?
• (34:37) - What kind of talks would you be interested in?
• (38:55) - Quickfire questions - What is your favorite Vue feature?
• (39:32) - Options API or Composition API?
• (39:46) - ref or reactive?
• (40:03) - Tabs vs. Spaces?
• (40:34) - Favorite Editor?
• (40:52) - Conferences in person or remote?
• (41:06) - Git - Rebase or Merge?
• (41:28) - Podcast, Video or Blogposts?
• (41:48) - Your favorite way of writing CSS?
• (42:42) - What is your favorite Frontend Framework?

Links and Resources

• Fill out the State of Vue.js Survey
• And also the State of JS Survey 🙌

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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