In this powerful episode, Brooke & Matt tackle one of the most important topics in the industry today: navigating the job market when you're looking for a new position. Join the conversation as they dive into real-world strategies for bouncing back with fellow GDE Chris Perko, from leveraging your network and mastering the art of the pivot to using AI tools to make your resume stand out in a crowded market. Whether you’re a junior developer looking for your first big break or a seasoned pro facing an unexpected career shift, this episode is packed with actionable advice on staying motivated and finding a role that truly fits your "dev life." It’s an honest, high-energy look at how to turn a challenging season into your next great career move! Connect with Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-perko/




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Get ready for an inside look at the future of web development as Brooke & Matt welcome Minko Gechev, Lead of Angular Engineering and Product at Google! This episode breaks down everything you need to know about the massive Angular 20 release, from the game-changing stabilized Signals API to the high-speed potential of zoneless change detection and Vitest support. Minko also shares rare leadership insights on aligning engineering with product goals and reveals what his ultimate "dev life" looks like. If you want to stay on the cutting edge of the Angular ecosystem while picking up career tips from a top industry leader, you won't want to miss this!




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In this exciting episode of The Dev Life, Brooke and Matt sit down with Deborah Kurata to dive deep into the world of Angular Signals! You’ll discover why Signals are a total game-changer for reactivity, how they’ve evolved with the latest Angular updates, and exactly when to use them over Observables to boost your performance. Plus, Deborah shares some personal insights on finding more happiness and satisfaction in your daily "dev life", making for the perfect blend of technical expertise and career inspiration to help you stay ahead of the curve! Deborah's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@deborah_kurata




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Get ready to level up your career with the very first episode of The Dev Life! Join hosts and Google Developer Experts Brooke Avery and Matthew Christiansen as they dive into their mission to help you navigate everything from leadership hurdles to the essential "human skills" of software engineering. This isn't just another technical deep dive - it’s a weekly deep-dive into the mental, physical, and professional habits that help you find the fun in coding again. Tune in to hear how Brooke and Matt plan to help you build your ultimate dev life!




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Rainer Hahnekamp joins us to discuss the much awaited release of Signal Forms in Angular! We talk about what works great, where we would like to see improvements, and what might be on the horizon for forms in Angular! You won't want to miss this episode.

https://www.youtube.com/@RainerHahnekamp
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rainerhahnekamp/




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Are you an Angular developer? Do you how to correctly manage styles in an Angular application? Whether you do or don't, this episode will be for you! Come learn from Martine Dowden how to manage and structure styles correctly in an Angular application! Global styles, view encapsulation, modern CSS features, what to put in and what not to put in Component level styles, you name it we cover it!

https://martine.dev/
https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/custom-css-reset/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Containment/Container_queries
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30898803






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Happy 21st birthday Angular! Join hosts Brooke Avery, Lara Newsom, and Brian Love for a pre-release look at Angular v21 with special guest Jessica Janiuk of the Angular Core Team.

This episode is a deep dive into the most anticipated features: Signal Forms, the new signal-based approach simplifying forms, improving type safety, and validation; the MCP Server tools, enhancing AI-powered workflows for code generation and legacy modernization; and critical updates to the Angular ARIA package for easier accessibility. They also cover Angular animations and touch upon a few other up-and-coming features to look out for as well in future releases. And, who knows, you might just see a Ghost or two 👻

https://angular.dev/ai/develop-with-ai#web-codegen-scorer
https://angular.dev/guide/animations/migration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyWjoSG61cI




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Tanstack query is more than just a React library. It's an incredible collaboration to solve really hard problems - like caching - and uses the adapter pattern to implement asynchronous state management for Angular, React, and more! In this episode of the Angular Plus show we welcome Arnoud to the show to tell us about the project, how this solves a lot of challenges for Angular developers, and how the Angular developer is built using a signal-native approach with DI - all the good stuff. Join as we learn more about data as a dependency in Angular components.

Show links
https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/angular/overview
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tanstack/angular-query-experimental?ref=pkgstats.com
https://github.com/TanStack/query/tree/main/packages/angular-query-experimental
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tanstack-query-devtools/annajfchloimdhceglpgglpeepfghfai?pli=1

More about Arnoud
https://arnoud.dev
https://x.com/Arnoud_dv
https://bsky.app/profile/arnoud.dev
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnouddv/




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In this episode, Katerina Skroumpelou joins us to talk all things Supabase — from what it is and how it simplifies life for everyday developers to why Angular devs are starting to love it. We chat about real-world use cases, security best practices, and how Katerina keeps learning new tools with confidence and curiosity. She also opens up about standing out in a tough job market and the mindset that got her where she is today — no “auth” required.

https://supabase.com/docs/guides/getting-started/tutorials/with-angular

More about Katerina:

https://twitter.com/psybercity
https://bsky.app/profile/psyber.city
https://github.com/mandarini
https://psyber.city/
https://github.com/supabase/supabase-js




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Live from ng-conf 2025 — The Angular Plus Show! Join us for our annual game show episode where we show our Angular terminology prowess - or the lack thereof.  With special guests: Michael Small & Alex Okrushko (volunteers from the audience), Chau Tran and Ankita Sood (former A+ Show hosts), Kirill Cherkashin from the Google Angular team, and our very own Joe Eames, co-founder of ng-conf and this podcast!  Listen to some of the best Angular minds match wits! And if you want the full picture, check out the video on YouTube. https://youtu.be/nErKxr-Zg9A




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