I'd clarify your statement of "3 times the work" as a positive. I had to read twice to not think that Vue took 3x the effort to do something.

This might be a dumb question, but what’s the best way to actually use this to make a real application? I’m talking speak to a database and hook up a backend. I’ve enjoyed using vue from a “this is a neat way to make components” but I’ve never successfully been able to do anything with it. I understand it’s just the “view” and not a full MVC like rails but I want that to exist. I want it super opinionated and favor convention over configuration.

I haven’t found anything nice for a guide in building a real world application like this. Maybe it would involve multiple things vue + ? + Postgres or Mongo or some other option. But I want love something that would hold my hand start to finish connecting the dots.

Even if you ignore 2-way-binding?