NgRx facades are terrible! No wait, they're the best thing ever! What the heck is a facade, anyway? You may have heard recently about a topic whizzing around the Angular community: facades in NgRx. But are facades good or bad? Much like the age-old controversy of whether light is a particle or a wave, the answer depends on how you look at them. In this talk, you'll learn what facades are, why you should embrace them, why you should never, ever use them, and how to implement one without making Mike Ryan wake up in a cold sweat somewhere in Alabama. About Sam Julien Sam Julien is an Angular GDE, a Content Engineer at Auth0, and the creator of the course UpgradingAngularJS.com. He's also the co-organizer of Angular Portland. When he's not writing or coding, you'll find Sam hiking or camping in the Pacific Northwest. Premier Sponsor: ag-Grid (ag-grid.com).