In this episode of Señors @ Scale, Dan sits down with Daniel Roe, leader of the Nuxt Core team at Vercel, for an in-depth conversation about building and scaling with Nuxt, Vue's most powerful meta-framework.

Daniel shares his journey from the Laravel world into Vue and Nuxt, revealing how he went from being a user to becoming the lead maintainer of one of the most important frameworks in the JavaScript ecosystem. We explore the evolution of Nuxt, the philosophy behind its developer experience, and how understanding user pain points shapes every feature decision.

The conversation dives deep into the technical aspects that matter when building at scale: rendering strategies and when to choose static over server-side rendering, the revolutionary Nitro server engine and how it transforms backend flexibility, data fetching patterns and best practices for performance, and the module ecosystem that empowers developers to extend Nuxt in powerful ways.

Daniel explains why "always go for static rendering if you can" isn't just advice — it's a performance philosophy. He breaks down how Nuxt makes it easier to be your own target audience as a framework developer, and why contributing to open source is ultimately about joy and giving back to the community.

Whether you're building with Nuxt, considering it for your next project, or just curious about how modern frameworks are designed with developer experience at their core, this episode offers invaluable insights from someone shaping the future of Vue development.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Daniel's Background

03:45 From Laravel to Vue and Nuxt

08:20 Becoming a Nuxt Core Team Member

12:30 The Evolution of Nuxt and Developer Experience

18:15 Understanding User Pain Points

24:00 Rendering Strategies: Static vs Server-Side

29:45 The Nitro Server Engine Revolution

35:20 Data Fetching Best Practices

41:10 The Power of Nuxt Modules

46:30 Contributing to Open Source

51:00 The Future of Nuxt

53:52 Outro

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