Rizel Scarlett 🇦🇬🇬🇾
@blackgirlbytes.bsky.social
Tech Lead, Open Source Developer Relations @opensource.block.xyz
Prev:Dev advocate at GitHub. Graduated from Resilient Coders.
In my free time, I like to annoy my husband and binge watch reality tv shows.
I'm a new mom.
#BlackSky
Prev:Dev advocate at GitHub. Graduated from Resilient Coders.
In my free time, I like to annoy my husband and binge watch reality tv shows.
I'm a new mom.
#BlackSky
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You guys the talk i did last week was kinda fire. Here’s a clip
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Do agents have the ability to learn your taste?
This post explores how @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social used Agent Skills to encode design preferences and where human judgment still mattered most.
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2026/01/04/how-i-taught-my-agent-my-design-taste
This post explores how @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social used Agent Skills to encode design preferences and where human judgment still mattered most.
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2026/01/04/how-i-taught-my-agent-my-design-taste
How I Taught My Agent My Design Taste
I used Agent Skills and recipes to automate execution so I could study taste, constraint design, feedback loops, and avoid AI smells.
block.github.io
January 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Do agents have the ability to learn your taste?
This post explores how @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social used Agent Skills to encode design preferences and where human judgment still mattered most.
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2026/01/04/how-i-taught-my-agent-my-design-taste
This post explores how @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social used Agent Skills to encode design preferences and where human judgment still mattered most.
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2026/01/04/how-i-taught-my-agent-my-design-taste
Can you automate taste?
Not really.
But I did realize I developed my taste through pattern recognition. Looking at what’s popular, what’s overdone, and what resonates.
So I taught goose my preferences, so I could have output I actually liked
block.github.io/goose/blog/2...
Not really.
But I did realize I developed my taste through pattern recognition. Looking at what’s popular, what’s overdone, and what resonates.
So I taught goose my preferences, so I could have output I actually liked
block.github.io/goose/blog/2...
How I Taught My Agent My Design Taste
I used Agent Skills and recipes to automate execution so I could study taste, constraint design, feedback loops, and avoid AI smells.
block.github.io
January 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Can you automate taste?
Not really.
But I did realize I developed my taste through pattern recognition. Looking at what’s popular, what’s overdone, and what resonates.
So I taught goose my preferences, so I could have output I actually liked
block.github.io/goose/blog/2...
Not really.
But I did realize I developed my taste through pattern recognition. Looking at what’s popular, what’s overdone, and what resonates.
So I taught goose my preferences, so I could have output I actually liked
block.github.io/goose/blog/2...
i appreciate how far AI has come..think about it..in 2022, I was using GitHub Copilot to autocomplete P5.js to make a janky looking house.
January 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
i appreciate how far AI has come..think about it..in 2022, I was using GitHub Copilot to autocomplete P5.js to make a janky looking house.
okay that's all my posts for this morning. i just wanted to see if the scheduling functionality would work, and I wanted to catch up on genuary. I have one going out for this afternoon. Stay tuned!!! :D
and check out my repo to see the transcripts I had with my agent
and check out my repo to see the transcripts I had with my agent
January 4, 2026 at 1:15 PM
okay that's all my posts for this morning. i just wanted to see if the scheduling functionality would work, and I wanted to catch up on genuary. I have one going out for this afternoon. Stay tuned!!! :D
and check out my repo to see the transcripts I had with my agent
and check out my repo to see the transcripts I had with my agent
This is not me posting in real time! I wrote and scheduled this post with goose. It's my submission for Genuary day 3: "Fibonacci forever"
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
#genuary #genuary3
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
#genuary #genuary3
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This is not me posting in real time! I wrote and scheduled this post with goose. It's my submission for Genuary day 2: "Twelve principles of animation"
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
#genuary #genuary2
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
#genuary #genuary2
January 4, 2026 at 12:52 PM
This is not me posting in real time! I wrote and scheduled this post with goose. It's my submission for Genuary day 2: "Twelve principles of animation"
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
#genuary #genuary2
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
#genuary #genuary2
apologies in advance..i will be posting more of these. im catching up with the genuary challenge. I'm lowkey using this to help me learn agentic coding better. today..you will see:
- day 1
- day 2
- day 3
later on today..
- day 4
from me.
And then in the future you will see one post per day.
- day 1
- day 2
- day 3
later on today..
- day 4
from me.
And then in the future you will see one post per day.
This is not me posting in real time! I wrote and scheduled this post with goose. It's my submission for Genuary day 1: "One color, one shape"
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
January 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM
apologies in advance..i will be posting more of these. im catching up with the genuary challenge. I'm lowkey using this to help me learn agentic coding better. today..you will see:
- day 1
- day 2
- day 3
later on today..
- day 4
from me.
And then in the future you will see one post per day.
- day 1
- day 2
- day 3
later on today..
- day 4
from me.
And then in the future you will see one post per day.
This is not me posting in real time! I wrote and scheduled this post with goose. It's my submission for Genuary day 1: "One color, one shape"
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
January 4, 2026 at 12:34 PM
This is not me posting in real time! I wrote and scheduled this post with goose. It's my submission for Genuary day 1: "One color, one shape"
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
The entire process is automated from end to end using goose recipes, Agent skills, shell scripts, and github actions.
“Catch up or get left behind.” Is the most overwhelming, preachy reason that devs should use AI.
It’s time for a mindset shift.
You’re not behind in AI.
You’re right on time.
It’s time for a mindset shift.
You’re not behind in AI.
You’re right on time.
January 1, 2026 at 8:12 PM
“Catch up or get left behind.” Is the most overwhelming, preachy reason that devs should use AI.
It’s time for a mindset shift.
You’re not behind in AI.
You’re right on time.
It’s time for a mindset shift.
You’re not behind in AI.
You’re right on time.
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“[…] like this: […] you have a package delivery system where you automatically open and process every package that arrives. CVE-2025-55182 was like someone figuring out they could put a bomb inside a package, and your system would […] unpack and activate it without checking what was inside […].”
I've been ignoring the posts and warnings about React2Shell. I wrote my cautionary tale.
dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
The Worst Thing to Happen to React and Next.js: React2Shell
"I ain't reading all that. I'm happy for you tho, or sorry that happened." That was my internal...
dev.to
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“[…] like this: […] you have a package delivery system where you automatically open and process every package that arrives. CVE-2025-55182 was like someone figuring out they could put a bomb inside a package, and your system would […] unpack and activate it without checking what was inside […].”
Reposted by Rizel Scarlett 🇦🇬🇬🇾
Haven't been in reactland for a hot minute but it's always good to keep up with the major vulnerabilities
I've been ignoring the posts and warnings about React2Shell. I wrote my cautionary tale.
dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
The Worst Thing to Happen to React and Next.js: React2Shell
"I ain't reading all that. I'm happy for you tho, or sorry that happened." That was my internal...
dev.to
December 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Haven't been in reactland for a hot minute but it's always good to keep up with the major vulnerabilities
I've been ignoring the posts and warnings about React2Shell. I wrote my cautionary tale.
dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
The Worst Thing to Happen to React and Next.js: React2Shell
"I ain't reading all that. I'm happy for you tho, or sorry that happened." That was my internal...
dev.to
December 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I've been ignoring the posts and warnings about React2Shell. I wrote my cautionary tale.
dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
Reposted by Rizel Scarlett 🇦🇬🇬🇾
As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
December 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
Open source maintenance is a marathon that never stops.
We put goose to work on its own backlog by embedding it into a GitHub Action that turns issues into draft PRs.
I wrote about how this improved my day to day as a maintainer.
dev.to/blockopensou...
We put goose to work on its own backlog by embedding it into a GitHub Action that turns issues into draft PRs.
I wrote about how this improved my day to day as a maintainer.
dev.to/blockopensou...
How We Use goose to Maintain goose
As AI agents grow in capability, more people feel empowered to code and contribute to open source....
dev.to
December 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Open source maintenance is a marathon that never stops.
We put goose to work on its own backlog by embedding it into a GitHub Action that turns issues into draft PRs.
I wrote about how this improved my day to day as a maintainer.
dev.to/blockopensou...
We put goose to work on its own backlog by embedding it into a GitHub Action that turns issues into draft PRs.
I wrote about how this improved my day to day as a maintainer.
dev.to/blockopensou...
Nope
Homebodies/Introverts, are we leaving our house more often in 2026 or nah?
December 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Nope
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Code Mode 🤝 MCP
These are getting compared a lot lately, and they shouldn’t be.
We wrote this post to clear up the confusion, and how it works within goose 👇
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2025/12/21/code-mode-doesnt-replace-mcp
These are getting compared a lot lately, and they shouldn’t be.
We wrote this post to clear up the confusion, and how it works within goose 👇
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2025/12/21/code-mode-doesnt-replace-mcp
Code Mode Doesn't Replace MCP (Here's What It Actually Does)
Code Mode isn't killing MCP. It makes it better. A practical look at how Code Mode works with MCP to solve tool bloat and performance issues in agents.
block.github.io
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Code Mode 🤝 MCP
These are getting compared a lot lately, and they shouldn’t be.
We wrote this post to clear up the confusion, and how it works within goose 👇
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2025/12/21/code-mode-doesnt-replace-mcp
These are getting compared a lot lately, and they shouldn’t be.
We wrote this post to clear up the confusion, and how it works within goose 👇
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2025/12/21/code-mode-doesnt-replace-mcp
Reposted by Rizel Scarlett 🇦🇬🇬🇾
We just shipped code mode, so goose can generate and execute code against MCP tools instead of loading every schema into context. This means fewer tokens, better control, and more scalable workflows.
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2025/12/15/code-mode-mcp
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2025/12/15/code-mode-mcp
Code Mode MCP in goose
An emerging approach to MCP tool calling gets an open source implementation in goose
block.github.io
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We just shipped code mode, so goose can generate and execute code against MCP tools instead of loading every schema into context. This means fewer tokens, better control, and more scalable workflows.
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2025/12/15/code-mode-mcp
https://block.github.io/goose/blog/2025/12/15/code-mode-mcp
MCP Sampling is BLEEDING EDGE. Check out my demo of it..this is done in a more educational/fun way, but imagine how you can apply this to code.
Fun fact: goose supports MCP sampling.
This means MCP servers can delegate repeated AI decisions back to the client, without embedding or running their own models.
Day 12 of Advent of AI shows it in action.
This means MCP servers can delegate repeated AI decisions back to the client, without embedding or running their own models.
Day 12 of Advent of AI shows it in action.
December 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
MCP Sampling is BLEEDING EDGE. Check out my demo of it..this is done in a more educational/fun way, but imagine how you can apply this to code.
Bluesky does not like my AI posts 😂
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Bluesky does not like my AI posts 😂
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For Day 12, we're going to use MCP sampling to help us choose the Winter Festival's mascot! adventofai.dev/challenges/12
Day 12: The Festival Gossip Column 📰☕ | Advent of AI
Day 12 of Advent of AI - Build your AI agent expertise
adventofai.dev
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For Day 12, we're going to use MCP sampling to help us choose the Winter Festival's mascot! adventofai.dev/challenges/12
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POV: You delegate work to subagents and they actually deliver.
Day 11's solution for Advent of AI is live. It's not too late to join the fun.
Link in the 🧵
Day 11's solution for Advent of AI is live. It's not too late to join the fun.
Link in the 🧵
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
POV: You delegate work to subagents and they actually deliver.
Day 11's solution for Advent of AI is live. It's not too late to join the fun.
Link in the 🧵
Day 11's solution for Advent of AI is live. It's not too late to join the fun.
Link in the 🧵