Dev Interrupted Angie Jones on Ralphing 25k repos at Block, GPT-5.2 Codex, and CES weirdness
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Jan 23, 2026 Angie Jones, VP of Engineering, AI Tools & Enablement at Block, leads AI programs and builds internal agent tooling. She discusses scaling Ralph loops to automate changes across 25,000 repos. She talks about running AI champions and repo readiness. The conversation covers agent orchestration, model choices like GPT-5.2 Codex, and the weirdest tech spotted at CES.
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Repo-Level Enablement Scales AI Use
- Block has about 95% of engineers using AI tools regularly across many stacks.
- Repo-level enablement and champions made broad adoption possible.
Create An AI Champions Program
- Start an AI champions program and get lead buy-in for time to experiment in repos.
- Dedicate roughly 30% of champions' time to integrate AI at the repo level.
Use RPI To Iterate On AI Integrations
- Pair research, plan, implement (RPI) to iterate safely on AI integrations.
- That pattern helped Block get higher-quality PRs from AI-enabled workflows.