Building a Nuxt.js SaaS in less than a week

Welcome to the second episode of DejaVue - and the first one with a guest! Michael and Alex are joined by Harlan Wilton, an open-source developer from Sydney, Australia who is not only into backpacking and Nuxt.js but also builds amazing tools and applications. Harlan is discussing with Alex and Michael how he built his SaaS Request Indexing in less than a week with Nuxt, which stack he used exactly, what it does and shares tips on how to stay focused and make sure your app actually ships.

The best? The SaaS is open-source!

Tune in for an interesting conversation around using Vue.js and Nuxt.js in the wild.

Post Podcast Update from Harlan

After the recording, Harlan took a break from working on Request Indexing due to other commitments. But there is also a good news - Request Indexing got the first paid monthly users now netting $60 per month. Harlan is also working on a big pivot on it, which will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:00) - Open-source and backpacking
• (02:22) - The idea for an open-source SaaS
• (06:09) - Staying sane while building the app in 64 hours
• (09:58) - Harlan's Tech Stack to build the SaaS
• (15:24) - The back-end of Request Indexing
• (21:32) - Next steps for the SaaS
• (22:30) - Keeping the scope when building a SaaS
• (32:37) - Wrapping up

Links and Resources

• Harlan's SaaS - Request Indexing
• Harlan's Website
• Reach out to Harlan on Twitter
• Social Media Scheduling Nuxt SaaS*
• AI Headshot Photo Nuxt SaaS*
• Nuxt UI Pro*
• Nuxt SEO Modules (maintained by Harlan)
• Nitro
• Handle Sessions in Nitro/H3
• Tailwind CSS
• Nitro Tasks API (experimental)
• UnJS Organization
• The nuxt-auth-utils module

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Creators & Guests

Host

Alexander Lichter

Web Engineering Consultant • Founder • Nuxt team • Speaker

Host

Michael Thiessen

Full-time Vue educator

Guest

Harlan Wilton

All things open-source. Helping build Nuxt & UnJS. Mostly Backpacking around.

Editor

Niki Brandner

Sound Engineer

What is DejaVue?

Welcome to DejaVue, the Vue podcast you didn't know you needed until now! Join Michael Thiessen and Alexander Lichter on a thrilling journey through the world of Vue and Nuxt.

Get ready for weekly episodes packed with insights, updates, and deep dives into everything Vue-related. From component libraries to best practices, and beyond, they've got you covered.