Ferdinand Malcher

Rethinking how we build for the agentic era. Stop writing agent skills like human docs—it wastes tokens and invites hallucinations.

Here's a distilled set of core best practices (<5 min read) to help us write better skills.

Give it a read: github.com/mgechev/skil...

Whoever at #GitHub decided to make the period key open #Codespaces clearly does not own both a numpad and a cat.

Angular-Buch → Angular Signal Forms Part 4: Metadata and Accessibility Handling 📙 In the previous parts of this series, we&#39;ve covered the fundamentals of Signal Forms, advanced validation patterns, and modular form architecture. In this final part, we&#39;ll explore the power...

Did you know? #Angular Signal Forms have an onInvalid callback that lets you focus the first invalid field on submit — with just one line using focusBoundControl(). Great for UX and accessibility! 🎯

We just updated Part 4 of our series:
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Angular-Buch → Agentic Coding: AI-Unterstützung für Angular 📙 Softwareprojekte werden komplexer, und Anforderungen steigen. Werkzeuge für AI (Artificial Intelligence) können uns bei der Entwicklung unterstützen und Entlastung schaffen: Sie helfen unter anderem...

🤖 Agentic Coding mit 🅰️ #Angular: KI-Agenten arbeiten direkt im Projekt – sie lesen Code, schreiben Dateien und planen nächste Schritte. Mit dem MCP-Server der
@angular.dev CLI bekommt ihr optimale Ergebnisse. Unser neuer Artikel zeigt wie! 🚀

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ONLINE-Workshop Angular, Signals und RxJS. 6 Tage Online-Intensivkurs mit Ferdinand Malcher, Google Developer Expert (GDE) und Buchautor. 11.-18. März 2026. TypeScript, Angular, Signals, HTTP, Resource API, Routing, Signal Forms, Vitest, RxJS und vieles mehr

Bald startet unser nächster Online-Intensivworkshop zu #Angular! 🥳 Zusammen mit Trainer @fmalcher.de lernst du alles zu moderner Angular-Entwicklung – mit Signals, Resource API und Signal Forms.

📅 11.-18. März 2026
🎟️ Jetzt Ticket sichern: tickets.angular.schule/online-0326/

Slop is the perfect word to describe the low-quality, high-volume, AI-generated content being thrown around.

If you don't have time to write it, I don't have time to read it.

AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it | Siddhant Khare You're using AI to be more productive. So why are you more exhausted than ever? The paradox every engineer needs to confront.

Great article on the hidden cost of high-velocity engineering in the AI era.

We talk about how AI tools make individual tasks faster, but there's constant context-switching and decision fatigue.

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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Community Stories, Code Samples, and Signal Forms! 🌟 This week, we're sharing powerful stories and hands-on code! The Angular community is defined by its willingness to share personal...

Fresh insights have landed ☕ Grab a coffee and dive into the 5th edition of our community-curated content. From deep dives to quick tips, our GDEs have you covered.

Explore the latest resources here: blog.angular.dev/community-st... #AngularSparkles

"Flash & ActionScript - Das Comeback des Jahrzehnts" ⚡️⚡️⚡️😈

A Maslow's hierarchy of needs that's all Em Dash

📝 Neu im Blog: #Angular Signal Forms – Teil 4 von @k9n.dev & @fmalcher.de ⚡

✨ Field Metadata – Meta-Infos im Schema
♿ Automatische ARIA-Attribute – Direktive verknüpft Felder & Meldungen

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#Angular #Accessibility #a11y #signalforms

Angular-Buch → Angular Signal Forms Part 3: Child Forms and Custom UI Controls 📙 We covered fundamentals and advanced validation patterns of Signal Forms in Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series. In this final part, we&#39;ll explore two specialized topics that are relevant for ...

📝Neu im Blog: #Angular Signal Forms – Teil 3 unserer englischsprachigen Artikelserie von @k9n.dev und @fmalcher.de ⚡️

Es geht um modulare und wiederverwendbare Formulare mit 👶 Child Forms und ⚙️Custom UI Controls!

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Angular-Buch → Angular 21 ist da! 📙 Bevor wir uns in den Trubel zum Jahresende stürzen, gibt es Neuigkeiten aus der Angular-Welt: Am 19. November 2025 wurde Angular 21 veröffentlicht! Die wichtigsten Neuigkeiten: Signal Forms, Zoneles...

🅰️ #Angular 21 ist da! 🎉
Das sind die News:

✨ Zoneless ist jetzt Standard
🧪 Signal Forms (experimentell)
⚡ Vitest ersetzt Karma/Jasmine
✅ @angular/aria für Barrierefreiheit
🤖 MCP-Server & AGENTS․md für AI-Assistenten stabil

Alle Details im Blog:
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Whenever I work with @angular.dev I'm reminded just how nice it is to do major version upgrades without headaches.

Their codemods are just so incredibly powerful, and it's a huge testament to their thoughtfulness in approach

📝 All three parts of @fmalcher.de and my series about #Angular Signal Forms are now available!

Part 1
⚡️Signal-based form models
📋 The field directive
✅ Schema validation

Part 2
🧐 Custom & Cross-Field Validators
❓Conditional Validation
⏱️ Async Validation

Part 3
👶 Child Forms
⚙️ Custom UI Controls

Angular-Buch → Angular Signal Forms Part 3: Child Forms and Custom UI Controls 📙 We covered fundamentals and advanced validation patterns of Signal Forms in Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series. In this final part, we&#39;ll explore two specialized topics that are relevant for ...

📝 New Blog Post: #Angular Signal Forms – Child Forms and Custom UI Controls

The final part of our series, featuring modular and reusable forms:
👶 Child Forms
⚙️ Custom UI Controls

No more #ControlValueAccessor – easy and straightforward with Signal Forms 😍

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Angular-Buch → Angular Signal Forms Part 2: Advanced Validation and Schema Patterns 📙 Angular Signal Forms offer techniques for advanced validation scenarios and schema patterns, which makes them truly powerful for complex form requirements. In this article, we will go beyond basic f...

📝 New Blog Post: #Angular Signal Forms – Advanced Validation and Schema Patterns

In Part 2 of our blog series we learn about schema validation with Signal Forms:
✅ Custom Validators
❌ Cross-Field Validation
❓Conditional Validation
⏱️ Async Validation

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Angular-Buch → Angular Signal Forms Part 2: Advanced Validation and Schema Patterns 📙 Angular Signal Forms offer techniques for advanced validation scenarios and schema patterns, which makes them truly powerful for complex form requirements. In this article, we will go beyond basic f...

📝Neu im Blog: #Angular Signal Forms – Teil 2 unserer englischsprachigen Artikelserie von @k9n.dev und @fmalcher.de ⚡️

✅ Alles zur Schema-Validierung mit Signal Forms: Custom Validators, Cross-Field Validation, Conditional Validation, Async Validation

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Angular-Buch → Angular Signal Forms Part 1: Getting Started with the Basics 📙 Angular introduces Signal Forms with Version 21.0.0-next.2, an experimental but promising approach to form handling that leverages Angular&#39;s reactive Signal primitive. This new API offers a decl...

📝 New Blog Post: #Angular Signal Forms – Getting Started

In Part 1 of our blog series we cover the fundamentals to get started with Angular's new reactive form library:
⚡️Signal-based form models
📋 The new Control directive
✅ Schema-based validation

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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

However, I agree that supporting Wifi AND Bluetooth would have been a robust solution 😇

If you see it as as professional broadcasting equipment it makes sense to control it remotely or via automation software like Bitfocus Companion. I’ve actually never used the app, but the keylights are part of the automation system that includes audio and video mixers. Quite difficult with BT!

RFC - Animation In and Out · angular angular · Discussion #62212 Authors: @thePunderWoman Area: Angular Framework Posted: June 23, 2025 Status: Open The Angular team created @angular/animations over eight years ago. That was before the native CSS platform had al...

We just posted a brand new RFC on the future of animations in Angular. Take a look and leave your thoughts! github.com/angular/angu...

Angular.Schule → Reactive Angular: Loading Data with the Resource API 🚀 An interesting new feature in Angular is the Resource API. It allows us to intuitively load data and process it in components. In this blog post, we introduce the ideas behind this new interface.

✍️ New blog post: ⚡️🅰️ Reactive Angular: Loading Data with the Resource API

🚦 Everything about the new resource() function
⚙️ httpResource

Up-to-date and available in German and English 🇩🇪🇬🇧

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Angular-Buch → Reactive Angular: effect and afterRenderEffect verstehen und einsetzen 📙 Mit Angular 19 gibt es eine wichtige Neuerung: Die effect()-API wurde vereinfacht und die neue Funktion afterRenderEffect() wurde eingeführt (siehe PR 57549). Diese Neuerung hat Auswirkungen darauf,...

Neuer 🅰️ #Angular Artikel:
Reactive Angular: effect() und afterRenderEffect verstehen und meistern! ⚡

Ich erkläre euch die Änderungen an effect() und zeige, wie afterRenderEffect() euch präzise DOM-Kontrolle gibt - ohne die alten Lifecycle-Hooks! 🚀

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Hello Johannes! 😎

Angular-Buch → Angular 20 ist da! 📙 Alles neu macht der Mai – oder zumindest eine neue Major-Version von Angular: Am 28. Mai 2025 wurde Angular 20 veröffentlicht! Im offiziellen Angular-Blog finden Sie die Release-Informationen direkt...

🅰️ #Angular 20 ist da! 🚀
Alle News im Blog:

🛠️ Neuer Coding Style Guide: Keine Component-Suffixe mehr
👀 Zoneless Developer Preview
👋 Abschied von *ngIf, *ngFor, *ngSwitch
⚡️ Stabile Signal-APIs: effect(), linkedSignal(), toSignal()
🔁 Neue Resource-API: httpResource()

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refactor(core): Deprecate the `ngIf`/`ngFor`/`ngSwitch` structural directives by JeanMeche · Pull Request #60492 · angular/angular The control flow @-blocks have been introduced in v17. As an effort to unify &amp; streamline template authoring, we are deprecating in v20 the structural directives ngIf/ngFor/ngSwitch. The contro...

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The new major version of #Angular is around the corner (scheduled for end of May 2025), and one nice thing is: Angular will finally mark NgIf, NgFor and NgSwitch as deprecated 🎉🎉🎉 Time to switch to the built-in control flow!