Armen Vardanyan

@armenvardanyan.dev

GDE for Angular, front-end team lead. I write articles and talk at conferences

We are back! After a two-month pause to work on some very important things, I am back to livestreams, so tune in next week to learn how things are going in Angular And also learn what new topics will come to the streams in the future 😉

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I've been trying MiniMax M3 since this morning, and my initial impression is very good! Super capable model and can really work well as a "thinking companion" on heavy work rather than just a plain executor.

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I've been building agents for graph retrieval and agentic search for quite a while now. Deepseek V4 Flash (yes, flash!), especially for its price and size, is a BEAST of a model! Can't praise it enough, the team absolutely cooked 🚀

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Do not forget to tune in today! I am going to show how NgRx is cool and can play well with AI agents (somehow, not coding!). See you at 4:30 PM UTC Link if you want to watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hq8...

Armen Vardanyan @armenvardanyan.dev · 3mo ago

We surely do generate a lot of #NgRx code in our #Angular apps, but using NgRx as the backbone of an AI-powered app or agentic UI? That's new! Join me as we discuss how a well-defined state management architecture can make adding AI features into your app incredibly easy! Wednesday, 4:30 PM UTC

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In the top left corner, the Angular Space logo sits next to the text Angular Space TV. The left edge features a vertical strip labeled LIVE STREAM with social media icons for X, YouTube, Twitch, and LinkedIn. The top right corner displays the Angular logo.

A large, semi-transparent purple overlay across the bottom contains the main text: NgRx + ... AI? in a bold yellow and white font, followed by the subtitle, State management is the best thing for agentic UI!. Below this, a black banner displays the schedule: May 20, 4:30 PM UTC.

We surely do generate a lot of #NgRx code in our #Angular apps, but using NgRx as the backbone of an AI-powered app or agentic UI? That's new! Join me as we discuss how a well-defined state management architecture can make adding AI features into your app incredibly easy! Wednesday, 4:30 PM UTC

A promotional banner for an Angular Space TV live stream featuring a bearded man against a purple, space-themed background with nebulae.

In the top left corner, the Angular Space logo sits next to the text Angular Space TV. The left edge features a vertical strip labeled LIVE STREAM with social media icons for X, YouTube, Twitch, and LinkedIn. The top right corner displays the Angular logo.

A large, semi-transparent purple overlay across the bottom contains the main text: NgRx + ... AI? in a bold yellow and white font, followed by the subtitle, State management is the best thing for agentic UI!. Below this, a black banner displays the schedule: May 20, 4:30 PM UTC.

In the past few streams, we started discussing Open Source LLMs for building apps and coding. This week, let's just discuss them! Let's walk through OpenCode, how it compares to other tools, how to set up an environment tailored to #Angular, and my favorite models Join me on Wednesday at 4 PM UTC

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- Use OpenCode - Have Kimi K2.6 write a short plan for whatever you want to implement using the /grill-me skill - Switch to GLM 5.1 and have it criticize and update the plan - Switch back to Kimi K2.6 and implement Thank me later!

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Whatever I post on Twitter gets almost zero interactions, since I am posting very rarely these days. I have way fewer followers here, so I'm just testing how it will be different here

Yesterday we talked about Google's ADK framework, and discussed some more advanced features like - Sequential agents - Loop agents - Parallel agents - agents as tools for other agents

Ok, time to revisit Google's Agent Development Kit A while ago, we did a livestream covering the basics of agent-building with ADK. Now, a month later, join me in exploring multi-agent systems, parallelism, and agents that really do solve complex problems Wednesday, 4:30 PM UTC

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The main text reads Let's talk about ADK again in yellow, followed by the subtext From one agent to many with Google's ADK in white. A black banner at the bottom displays the date and time: April 29, 4:30 PM UTC.

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Don't forget to test your #Angular apps! I know many people skip, but in this day and age, nothing is more important than having decent tests to cover your back. And if you're unsure how to start, tomorrow's livestream is for you!

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The top left features the Angular Space logo, while a vertical sidebar on the left displays social media icons for X, YouTube, Twitch, and LinkedIn.

In the center, two circular portraits identify the speakers:

Armen Vardanyan is labeled as the Event Host.

Younes Jaaidi is labeled as the Guest.

A banner below the portraits reads, Do not forget to test your Angular apps! The bottom of the image displays the event date and time: April 22, 4 PM UTC.

Is your #Angular app secure? Is your computer even secure while you develop your Angular app? All of these questions become increasingly sharp in this new landscape of AI agents and supply chain attacks. Let's try and figure out how to keep ourselves safe! Tonight, at 5 PM UTC

Everything is getting hacked, broken or supply-chain attacked thede days... Some people underestimate how important security can be front-end applications, and with the rise of AI-driven coding, vulnerabilities only seem to explode.

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