May 2026

Cursor is distributed for Linux as an AppImage, which works well on Manjaro because you do not need to wait for a package in the official repositories or the AUR. Before writing this post, I tried installing Cursor from the AUR, but it was not stable enough for me. I also did not love the extra Electron dependency, although that was not the main reason I moved away from that method. At the time of writing, there is no official Snap release, no official Manjaro or Arch package for Cursor either. ...

Angular has always had a complicated relationship with tooling. People call it “heavy” when they want something lighter, but that same weight is often what helps large teams keep moving without reinventing the architecture every sprint. That is why Angular’s MCP server work in the Angular 21 cycle is more interesting than another code-generation headline. This is not just “AI can write Angular now.” AI could already write Angular, often badly. The real question is whether Angular can give AI tools enough project-aware context to stop generating outdated, half-remembered patterns. ...

Every framework eventually discovers the same truth: developers love nice syntax until nice syntax becomes a hiding place. Angular’s recent template improvements are genuinely useful. Multiple consecutive @case blocks make some @switch statements cleaner. Spread and rest support in templates removes awkward helper code in small cases. Angular 21.2’s template additions, such as arrow functions and exhaustive @switch checks with @default never, continue the same direction: templates are becoming more expressive and more type-aware. ...

Most forms discussions start in the wrong place. They compare syntax. Reactive Forms gives us FormGroup, FormControl, validators, status flags, and a lot of well-known muscle memory. Signal Forms gives us fields, signal-shaped state, form-level submission, custom controls, and migration tools. It is tempting to treat this as a cleaner API for the same old job. But that misses the bigger shift. Signal Forms are not only about filling inputs and showing validation messages. They push forms into the same mental model as the rest of modern Angular state: explicit signals, derived values, and state transitions that can be composed instead of chased through subscriptions. ...