Lara Newsom or Nerdsom or whatever
@laranewsom.com
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
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. 🫠
February 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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. 🫠
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. 😂
January 28, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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. 😂
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?”
January 26, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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?”
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.
In case you are wondering, it manifests as a “no overload matches this call” error on the first feature of the store.
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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.
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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🎉 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
We cover Signal Forms, MCP Server tools, ARIA updates, animations & more 👻 #ngconf
🍎 apple.co/3K9JyNP
🟢 bit.ly/4pk6oRJ
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🎉 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
We cover Signal Forms, MCP Server tools, ARIA updates, animations & more 👻 #ngconf
🍎 apple.co/3K9JyNP
🟢 bit.ly/4pk6oRJ
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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
🍎 apple.co/4qFovlL
🟢 bit.ly/3Yw8yCv
January 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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
🍎 apple.co/4qFovlL
🟢 bit.ly/3Yw8yCv
It would be time for the holidays without my family making a truly ridiculous Christmas card.
December 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It would be time for the holidays without my family making a truly ridiculous Christmas card.
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.
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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.
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!
October 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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!
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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.
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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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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...
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...
When AI Becomes Your New Team Member: The Story of Goose Janitor
How an engineering team is trialling autonomous AI-powered technical debt cleanup
block.github.io
August 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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...
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...
I’m pretty sure my hell would include having to record audio where I say the words “asterisk” and “ampersand” over and over again
August 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I’m pretty sure my hell would include having to record audio where I say the words “asterisk” and “ampersand” over and over again
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 🫠
Reads “peel this first to avoid touching the adhesive”
Immediately touches the adhesive 🫠
August 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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 🫠
Reads “peel this first to avoid touching the adhesive”
Immediately touches the adhesive 🫠
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
When he is done, he koolaid mans his way through the cracked door and it is delightful
August 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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
When he is done, he koolaid mans his way through the cracked door and it is delightful
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A mini reunion of @angular.dev GDEs at #KCDC2025.
@kcdc.bsky.social
@jenniferwadella.com
@laranewsom.com
@wordman.dev
@mhartington.io
@alyssanicoll.bsky.social
@kcdc.bsky.social
@jenniferwadella.com
@laranewsom.com
@wordman.dev
@mhartington.io
@alyssanicoll.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A mini reunion of @angular.dev GDEs at #KCDC2025.
@kcdc.bsky.social
@jenniferwadella.com
@laranewsom.com
@wordman.dev
@mhartington.io
@alyssanicoll.bsky.social
@kcdc.bsky.social
@jenniferwadella.com
@laranewsom.com
@wordman.dev
@mhartington.io
@alyssanicoll.bsky.social
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!!
May your fingers be nimble and get us on our way soon!!
August 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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!!
May your fingers be nimble and get us on our way soon!!
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.
July 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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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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.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
July 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
And this is why I just donated to your campaign.
Zach Nunn just voted to raise costs on working Iowans, kill millions of jobs, and for the largest gutting of Medicaid in history— all to pay for tax breaks for his billionaire donors.
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
And this is why I just donated to your campaign.
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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...
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...
May 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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...
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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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
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
June 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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
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
This is so exciting!!
🔥 New version of ngx-flamegraph
- Improved performance
- Tooltip for small calls
- Landing in Angular DevTools in the next few days
👉 Demo ngx-flamegraph.web.app
👨💻 Source github.com/mgechev/ngx-...
- Improved performance
- Tooltip for small calls
- Landing in Angular DevTools in the next few days
👉 Demo ngx-flamegraph.web.app
👨💻 Source github.com/mgechev/ngx-...
June 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is so exciting!!
The most bad ass piece of sports equipment is the softball bat pack.
June 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The most bad ass piece of sports equipment is the softball bat pack.