Kākāpō Party
Tool: Kākāpō Party I gave presented a closing keynote for the WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America yesterday. As a STAR moment I decided to weave in references to the record breaking kākāpō breeding season we had in 2026. For my closing slide I wanted to celebrate, and I had seen some buzz around how good Claude Opus 5.5 was at creating pixel art animations. So I rounded up three Kakapo…
During the WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America keynote presentation, the speaker incorporated references to the remarkable kākāpō breeding season that occurred in 2026. The final slide of the presentation celebrated this achievement by showcasing an impressive animation of a pixel art kakapo parrot partying with confetti.
The animation featured three photos of kākapos sourced from Google Image Search and was created using Claude Opus 5.5. The resulting video, spanning 15 seconds, was precisely what the speaker needed for the concluding slide. To integrate the animation into their Keynote presentation, the speaker downloaded the HTML file and utilized a local Claude Code session.
Through the utilization of Playwright, the video was produced without any initial clicks, starting after a 3-second delay and incorporating multiple clicks throughout the clickable area. The complete Playwright script used to generate the video is available, demonstrating the efficiency and effectiveness of this innovative approach.
This remarkable feat, attributed to Simon Willison and posted on September 26, 2026, was met with praise and recognition, and the speaker even invited sponsorship for a monthly digest of the most important developments in large language models.
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