Our friends at Cult.Repo launch their epic Vite documentary on October 9th, 2025! To celebrate, Jerod sat down with Evan You to discuss Vite's adoption story, why he raised money to start VoidZero, how developer documentaries get made, open source sustainability, and more.
:link: https://changelog.fm/661
| Ch | Start | Title | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 00:00 | Welcome to The Changelog | 01:09 |
| 02 | 01:09 | Sponsor: Depot | 02:12 |
| 03 | 03:21 | Start the show! | 00:54 |
| 04 | 04:14 | Vite's original vision | 03:57 |
| 05 | 08:11 | Vite contenders | 02:29 |
| 06 | 10:40 | Not just for Vue | 04:32 |
| 07 | 15:12 | When Vite took off | 02:32 |
| 08 | 17:44 | Evan and Vue | 01:40 |
| 09 | 19:24 | Sponsor: Fabi.ai | 02:11 |
| 10 | 21:35 | Fostering communities | 05:37 |
| 11 | 27:12 | What contributors get | 01:42 |
| 12 | 28:54 | StackBlitz BTS | 01:35 |
| 13 | 30:29 | The documentary | 02:49 |
| 14 | 33:17 | Funding the doc | 02:39 |
| 15 | 35:57 | Sponsor: Miro | 01:10 |
| 16 | 37:07 | The path to VoidZero | 04:14 |
| 17 | 41:21 | Funding sources | 04:39 |
| 18 | 46:00 | Why VoidZero? | 09:24 |
| 19 | 55:25 | VoidZero's business | 06:30 |
| 20 | 1:01:55 | Vite+ | 04:08 |
| 21 | 1:06:02 | No servers required | 00:34 |
| 22 | 1:06:37 | Biz model details | 01:30 |
| 23 | 1:08:06 | Reproducible success | 01:43 |
| 24 | 1:09:49 | Wrapping up | 00:58 |
| 25 | 1:10:47 | Closing thoughts | 01:33 |
Waited to listen to this one until after I had watched the doc. Great companion piece! Cleared up some things I was wondering about Void Zero as well.
Last updated: Dec 16 2025 at 01:26 UTC