Angular
Opinionated structure for codebases that need to scale.
Angular's TypeScript-first design and enforced module boundaries make it well-suited for applications where consistency and testability matter more than initial velocity. The constraints are the point.
When a codebase starts fighting the team — imports from anywhere, services instantiated in odd places, state scattered across components — that's usually when Angular's opinions stop looking like overhead and start looking useful. The module system and dependency injection container enforce boundaries that are easy to ignore in React until you can't. I've worked with Angular long enough to know where its defaults hold up and where you have to be deliberate: lazy-loading boundaries, change detection strategy on heavy component trees, RxJS subscription management. My approach is to understand what the existing architecture is doing before suggesting changes, run the Angular DevTools and bundle analyzer against the actual build output, and make targeted adjustments rather than wholesale rewrites.
Architecture Analysis
I map the existing module and feature boundaries, trace the lazy-loading strategy against the router config, and profile change detection behavior under realistic data loads. The output is a concrete list of the highest-leverage structural changes, not a comprehensive audit.
Modernization Pairing
Working through standalone components, the signals API, or functional guards with another engineer who already knows the codebase. I focus on the mechanics and tradeoffs of each migration step so the pattern is transferable, not just applied once.
Greenfield Setup
Configure an Angular project the way I'd want to inherit it: strict TypeScript, ESLint with enforced module boundaries, Nx or Angular CLI depending on the monorepo situation, and a CI pipeline that catches bundle budget regressions before they land.
B2B SaaS Dashboards
Role-based access, reactive form workflows, and WebSocket-driven updates are the kind of requirements that expose React's lack of opinions fast. Angular's DI and RxJS integration handle this combination without the custom plumbing that accumulates in unstructured codebases.
Legacy AngularJS Migration
AngularJS migrations work best as incremental, route-by-route upgrades using the ngUpgrade bridge — not a parallel rewrite. The tradeoff is a longer coexistence period, but features keep shipping throughout and the risk surface stays contained.
Internal Tooling
Admin panels and ops dashboards rarely have aggressive performance requirements, but they do have long lifespans and rotating contributors. Angular's verbosity pays off here: a developer picking up the codebase two years later can follow the data flow without reconstructing the original author's mental model.
Let's talk Angular.
No pitch. Just a technical conversation about the problem you're working on.