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Frontend, Vue, React, Next.js, TypeScript, and whatever else I’m building or breaking that week. Some deep dives, some quick notes, all from the day job.

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Aug 23, 2026

Which Vue props actually waste a re-render? I measured them all

Everyone says “don’t pass inline objects, they re-render”. I measured 28 patterns. The advice is mostly wrong, the real footgun is narrower and sneakier, and in Vapor mode the whole thing just disappears.

#vue#performance#components#measurement
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Aug 22, 2026

Vue’s compiler makes your SVG icons a little bigger

There’s a threshold buried in Vue’s template compiler that nobody has touched in years. I measured it. On real feather icons it makes your bundle 4.2% bigger, which is the opposite of what it’s meant to do.

#vue#compilers#performance#measurement
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Aug 22, 2026

Should you use Vue Vapor? I measured the tax

Vapor mode is the shiny new no-virtual-DOM compiler in Vue 3.6. Everyone says “20 to 50% smaller”. Nobody mentions what happens the second your app isn’t 100% Vapor. So I measured it.

#vue#vapor#performance#measurement
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