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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever

@laranewsom.com
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Cisco Technical Lead, Angular GDE, NX Champion, Pluralsight Author, Angular Plus Show Co-Host, a nerd but not that kind of nerd, one husband away from being a full blown cat lady. Trans Right are Human Rights and Black Lives Matter 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿✊🏾she/her

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Ankita @ankitasood.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Cloudy with a chance of AI? ☁️ @laranewsom.com and I had an unfiltered conversation on AI code reviews and the future of Angular during #GoogleCloudNext. 📺 Watch here: youtu.be/ce2dPtCc4ug?... #Angular #WebDev
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Angular GDEs Unfiltered @ Google Cloud Next'26
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 25/02/2026
This is Cookie. She’s very good at being cute but she’s bad at puzzles and totally doesn’t get sarcasm.
A petite long haired tuxedo cat with white mittens and white whiskers is inside her triangular scratching furniture sharpening her very bitchy claws.
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 18/02/2026
I realized today that for the first time in my career, my team (8 engineers) is 50% women 💃🏻 AND 50% of our senior devs are women.
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Ai Dev Craft @ng-conf.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
@laranewsom.com #ngconf2025 talk is now on YouTube! #AI can help teams ship code faster—but how do you ensure it follows #Angular best practices? Learn how to set up AI guardrails in your repo so your tools generate quality code from the start. Watch now👇 youtu.be/eKtVjxfkva0
Treasure Map theme. Ng-conf 2025 Pirate logo. Angular Logo. Photo of Lara Newsom “ Enforcing Angular”
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 07/02/2026
I’m recording audio for a new Pluralsight course, and I am sorry. I simply cannot pronounce “contextual descriptors” without tripping over my own tongue. 🫠
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 28/01/2026
In case anyone is wondering about the crowd size of Trump’s Iowa campaign rally, just know that more people attend a suburban middle school band concert on a Tuesday night than were at that rally. 😂
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 26/01/2026
Remember when Kristi Noem signed a law in South Dakota to allow permit-less open carry so that South Dakotans could open carry their loaded AR-15s at Walmart and how she had the audacity this weekend to say “why would anyone bring a loaded weapon to a peaceful protest?”
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 07/01/2026
I joined a very specific club today. I finally managed to compose together too many @ngrx.io SignalStores 😂 In case you are wondering, it manifests as a “no overload matches this call” error on the first feature of the store.
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The Angular Plus Show @theangularplusshow.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🎉 Happy 21st birthday, #Angular! Join us for a pre-release look at v21 with special guest Jessica Janiuk. We cover Signal Forms, MCP Server tools, ARIA updates, animations & more 👻 #ngconf 🍎 apple.co/3K9JyNP 🟢 bit.ly/4pk6oRJ
The Angular+ Show logo. “Season 10 Episode 12  Angular v21 with Jessica Janiuk: Signal Forms, AI & ARIA”  Photos of Hosts  in the style of a Photo Booth:  Brooke Avery, Lara Newsom, Jan-Niklas Vortmann, Jay Bell and Brian Love."  Photo of Jessica in the style of a polaroid picture.
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Ai Dev Craft @ng-conf.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
#Angular developers: ready to level up your styling game? 🎨 Join Martine Dowden as she teaches how to structure and manage styles the right way—global styles, view encapsulation, modern CSS, component styles, and more! #ngconf 🟢https://bit.ly/3KcZGyd 🍎https://bit.ly/49UsIgs
The Angular+ Show logo. “Season 10 Episode 13  Styles in the modern age with Martine Dowden”  Photos of Hosts  in the style of a Photo Booth:  Brooke Avery, Lara Newsom, Jan-Niklas Vortmann, Jay Bell and Brian Love."  Photo of Martine in the style of a polaroid picture.
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The Angular Plus Show @theangularplusshow.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Signal Forms in Angular: worth the wait? 👀We sat down with Rainer Hahnekamp to talk wins, gaps, and what the future may hold for forms in #Angular. If forms matter to you, this episode is a must! #ngconf #Angular21 🍎 apple.co/4qFovlL 🟢 bit.ly/3Yw8yCv
The Angular+ Show logo. “Season 10 Episode 14  Did Somebody Say Signal Forms??? with Rainer Hahnekamp”  Photos of Hosts  in the style of a Photo Booth:  Brooke Avery, Lara Newsom, Jan-Niklas Vortmann, Jay Bell and Brian Love."  Photo of Rainer in the style of a polaroid picture.
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 19/12/2025
It would be time for the holidays without my family making a truly ridiculous Christmas card.
My family is dressed up like doctors wearing lab coats. We all have on blue gloves and myself and my kids have a glob of ointment on our first two fingers. My husband is holding a gallon sized jar of “Hermans root and herb curative liniment”. The card reads “this Christmas give the gift of Hermans” and it lists a bunch of illnesses it can cure including scrofula, dropsy, Black Death, restless legs, autism, French pox, and tennis elbow. A ribbon in the corner says “this is your pappy’s liniment” This is the back of the card there are many photos of my family demonstrating how to use Hermans. In one photo our cat is licking Hermans off a comically large syringe. We claim that a spoonful cures belly aches, that it’s a doctor in a jar, and that it contains home grown ingredients. The largest photo is of the whole family. One kid has hermans all over their hands and is licking it off both hands, I am rubbing hermans into my neck, my husband is brushing his teeth with hermans, and my daughter has a LOT of hermans all over her face. 

The text reads:
This Christmas, give the gift of timeless health with Herman’s Curative Liniment! Buy our classic 128 fl. oz. jar or our new, easy-to-swallow pills for the family on the go! With once forgotten ailments like measles making a comeback, why not trust a remedy from the good ‘ol days? Rub it on, eat it up, apply it anywhere. Yes, anywhere! Our all natural ingredients are safe for everyone in the family, including your pets. And how do we know our liniment jelly works? 
We simply believe in our hearts that it does! It’s the perfect cure for the modern malady and the perfect gift under the tree. Get some Hermans today, your mitochondria will thank you!
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 05/11/2025
Election Day in my precinct wasn’t all that exciting, all the candidates I liked were running unopposed, but what did make it exciting is that my youngest cast their first vote in an actual election 🥹 I can’t wait to vote with both of my kids in the midterms next year.
Me with my two kids after we all voted, we are holding “I voted today” stickers.
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 20/10/2025
Once again it was so great to see my #angular family at Ng-conf! It was had a great time seeing everyone who could make it, and miss everyone who could not!
Selfie of me and ,as my kids call him, the Cheese Icon, SpiveyA selfie of me and my teammate IvanA selfie of me with two Michaels and SaudMe speaking at NgConf. You can only see the top of my head peaking over my open laptop
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 20/10/2025
If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
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Tamara Keel [Scary Remix] @tamslick.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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Angie Jones @angiejones.tech · 28/08/2025
Using AI to generate code is cool, but how about using it to DELETE CODE?! Our iOS team is using goose to remove hundreds of thousands of lines of dead code from their monorepo 🤯 block.github.io/goose/blog/2...
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When AI Becomes Your New Team Member: The Story of Goose Janitor
How an engineering team is trialling autonomous AI-powered technical debt cleanup
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 31/08/2025
I’m pretty sure my hell would include having to record audio where I say the words “asterisk” and “ampersand” over and over again
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 22/08/2025
I put on my new phone screen protector and it sort of went like this: Reads “peel this first to avoid touching the adhesive” Immediately touches the adhesive 🫠
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 17/08/2025
One of the little things that bring me joy is that every morning, I crack my office door so my cat can go outside and enjoy the garden. It’s hot so I close my inner door to just a crack to keep the heat out. When he is done, he koolaid mans his way through the cracked door and it is delightful
The adorable little Koolaid Man. This is Tiddles, he is a small shorthair brown tabby cat. He is laying on the carpet feeling very happy that he got his outside time and his head is upside down. He is looking right at the camera and one of his paws is sort of dangling over his chin because he is so relaxed. I am also laying on the carpet so the camera angle is straight on across the carpet.
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Lance Finney @lmfinney.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
A mini reunion of @angular.dev GDEs at #KCDC2025. @kcdc.bsky.social @jenniferwadella.com @laranewsom.com @wordman.dev @mhartington.io @alyssanicoll.bsky.social
Jennifer Wadella, Lara Newsom, Lance Finney, Jan-Niklas Wortmann, and Mike HartingtonMike Hartington, Lance Finney, Alyssa Nicoll, Lara Newsom, and Brad McAlister
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 07/08/2025
I’m so glad to be a developer sitting on a plane trying to go to a conference instead of the developers who work at @unitedairline.bsky.social right now! May your fingers be nimble and get us on our way soon!!
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 03/07/2025
Publicly admitting you know a bill is terrible and still voting for it just says you’re a spineless turd who doesn’t deserve that job even if you got some sweet signed merch out of the deal.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/07/2025
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans. This is Washington at its worst. We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 03/07/2025
And this is why I just donated to your campaign.
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Jennifer Konfrst @konfrst.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
It’s official– I’m running for US Congress in #IA-03! This district is my home. I’m running for Congress because Iowans need a fighter for them in Washington and Zach Nunn isn’t up to the job. Join our campaign and help us win: secure.actblue.com/donate/jk-bs...
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Younes Jaaidi @younesjd.dev · 25/06/2025
Wondering why the `bindings` option in #Angular is an array instead of an object literal? One reason is that some minifiers (Google's Closure, I guess) mangle property names. The number of things the Angular team has to think of is fascinating 🤯 Thx @crisbeto.bsky.social & @thepunderwoman.com
code snippet with Angular's create component bindings option
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 25/06/2025
This is so exciting!!
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 04/06/2025
The most bad ass piece of sports equipment is the softball bat pack.
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 02/06/2025
My outdoor pride flags need replaced and I want to buy from a business that is LGBTQIA+ owned instead of dumping money into Amazon. Does anyone have a recommendation?
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Minko Gechev @mgechev.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🔥 Angular v20 is out! ‣ Stabilizing reactivity APIs and incremental hydration ‣ Integration with Chrome DevTools ‣ Improved type checking, simpler style guide, etc. ‣ RFC for an official Angular mascot ✨ ‣ Way more! goo.gle/angular-v20-...
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Ryan Carniato @ryansolid.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I released another video. I think this one went a lot better than the first. Want to know how every JavaScript framework updates the DOM? This is the video for you: youtu.be/0C-y59betmY
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The 3 Ways JavaScript Framework Render the DOM
YouTube video by Ryan Carniato
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Younes Jaaidi @younesjd.dev · 21/05/2025
@brandonroberts.dev created one in the early days 😉 go.bsky.app/hLveAd
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Michael Green @michaelgreenart.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
--AUCTION TIME-- 48 Hour auction for the Baptism! Auction ends at 5pm PST May 22, 2025. DM your bid!!! Bidding starts at $50 plus shipping. You get some art! I'll get some groceries!!! I will update current bid in the comments. #contemporaryart #painting #fineart #lowbrowart #auction #surrealism
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 20/05/2025
Every time I see him like this I regret not buying him a well for sensitive boys.
The perspective is from the inside looking out at the back of a sad long haired orange cat who is looking wistfully out over his domain. He clearly needs a well to whisper secrets into.
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 19/05/2025
1. Green apple 2. Watermelon 3. Cherry 4. Blue Raspberry 5. Grape
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Younes Jaaidi @younesjd.dev · 16/05/2025
📖 Did you know the Marmicode Cookbook has a glossary? 🔗 When it makes sense, articles link directly to relevant terms. If you ever spot a missing entry, please open an issue or ping me 😊 cookbook.marmicode.io #angular #javascript #testing #nx
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Ingredients & Recipes for Cooking Delicious Apps | Marmicode Cookbook
Ingredients & Recipes for Cooking Delicious Apps with Angular & Nx
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Minko Gechev @mgechev.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I love the "Angular Can I Use" web app by @gerome.dev! It's a fantastic way to quickly check the status (experimental, developer preview, or stable) for a comprehensive list of Angular features. www.angular.courses/caniuse
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 12/05/2025
I just learned the word “fandalier” and I hate it. It means ceiling fans that are fancy like chandeliers.
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 08/05/2025
I just got an email from my kid’s school district telling parents they need to tell their kids not to stick metal objects in electrical outlets and this is how I know Idiocracy was actually a documentary.
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 07/05/2025
Join me in Antwerp at the end of the month for my workshop “Updating Angular Applications for Optimum Performance”. We will practice implementing some of the best new Angular features and leverage CoPilot to handle the boring stuff. www.techorama.be/workshops/up...
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Updating Angular Applications for Optimum Performance | Techorama
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 06/05/2025
In less than a month, I never have to log into PowerSchool ever again. 👩‍🎓
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 03/05/2025
Spring is the season my social media feeds get filled with “flower porn” Do I need more Lavender? Yeeeeessss! Do I need more Dahlias? YAAASSS!! Do I need more Irises? Absolutely! It takes so much will power not to buy plants.
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 29/04/2025
I grossly underestimated how distracting my new yard would be on a 60F/15.5C degree day. It’s freaking magical out there
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Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 17/04/2025
After the State of JS, CSS, AI… here comes the State of Devs: a survey for everything that's *not* code: career, workplace, health, hobbies, and more! survey.devographics.com/survey/state...
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State of Devs 2025
Take the State of Devs survey
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Kent C. Dodds 🌌 @kentcdodds.com · 17/04/2025
I wrote about why MCPs are super exciting from a cost-efficiency standpoint. If you care about money, read this post 😆 www.epicai.pro/the-cost-eff...
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The cost-effective promise of Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Discover how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables cost-effective, scalable AI integration by leveraging users’ existing AI subscriptions.
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 17/04/2025
You are valuable because you are. Even if you are nonverbal. Even if you have physical disabilities that prevent you from working. Even if you have cognitive disabilities that prevent you from work. Or as Moana says, This does not define you This is not who you are You know who you are.
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Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever @laranewsom.com · 16/04/2025
How surprising that a heroin addict with a dead worm in his brain that thinks OD-ing kids on vitamin A to prevent measles instead of just getting the MMR vaccine would have an idiotic take on Autism.
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The Register @theregister.com · 16/04/2025
Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program
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Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program
Because vulnerability management has nothing to do with national security, right? US government funding for the world's CVE program – the centralized Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database of product security flaws – ends Wednesday.…
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