Marc Backes
@marcba
Senior Software Engineer at @directus π° β’ Vue, Nuxt, TypeScript β’ Public speaker, MC π£οΈ β’ F* it. Ship it ποΈ β’ Private Pilot π¨ββοΈ β’ Hobby Roaster βοΈ πͺπΊ
Vue.js
βHis core identity for 6+ years β picked it over React at a random conference workshop. Rebuilt Vue's VDOM and reactivity from scratch live on conference stages.β
Nuxt
βmarc.dev runs on it ("on Nuxt for years and I find it a breeze to work with") and it's his day job β building the next generation of Directus with Nuxt.β
TypeScript
βIn every bio. "Deploying without TypeScript be like..." β favors explicit types when context isn't clear.β
Tailwind CSS
βStrong advocate β "it encourages cleaner, reusable components." Baked into his Nuxt starter template.β
Directus
βWhere he works: Senior Software Engineer on the open-source headless CMS / data platform, since mid-2025. His podcast "F* It. Ship It." ships under the Directus banner.β
MongoDB
βHis stated database in the Node/Express stack.β
VS Code
βHis editor. Briefly experimented with Neovim in 2025 ("what have i done π") but VS Code stayed.β
Cobalt2 Theme
βWes Bos's blue-and-yellow VS Code theme β his daily look.β
Monaspace
βGitHub Next's superfamily of coding fonts β his editor font.β
Arc
βBrowser for everyday browsing β Chrome stays around for dev work.β
Superhuman
βHis email client β 225 consecutive weeks of inbox zero and counting.β
ScreenFlow
βVideo editing for his talks, vlogs and podcast recordings (paired with an Elgato Wave:3 mic).β
Plausible Analytics
βPrivacy-first analytics on marc.dev β he wrote the go-to guide on GDPR-compliant analytics for Nuxt 3.β
git-knit
βHis newest side project (2026): compose multiple independent branches into a single, rebuildable integration branch.β