CoRecursive: Coding Stories

By Adam Gordon Bell - Software Developer

Story - From 486 to Vue.js: Evan You's Full-Time Gamble on Open Source

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Published December 04, 2023 5:00am

From the early days of exploring creative possibilities on a 486 computer in his childhood to developing one of today's most popular web frameworks, Evan You's journey is a tale of passion and innovation.

  

Evan started Vue.js while working at Google, just wanting to scratch his own itch for a lightweight JavaScript framework. But soon Vue started to gain a huge following. 

Eventually Evan then faced a tough dilemma - should he take a leap of faith and devote himself fully to his fledgling open source project?

Hear Evan's firsthand story of that key...

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