simonw/pedalican
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- 2026-07-16 19:07:59
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- Blog / Newsletter2026-07-16 19:07:19simonw/pedalican
<p><strong><a href="https://github.com/simonw/pedalican">simonw/pedalican</a></strong></p> Clearly I wasn't paying attention when these were <a href="https://twitter.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2050301642717950166">first announced</a> back in May, but today I accidentally activated a "pet" in Codex Desktop - a little animated robot, reminiscent of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant">Clippy</a> - and then learned you can create your own.</p> <p>So I did, and now I have a cute little pelican on a bicycle bouncing around my desktop giving me updates on my Codex tasks.</p> <p><video controls="controls" height="834" poster="https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/pedalican-first-frame.jpg" preload="none" style="display: block; width: 100%; height: auto;" width="1542"> <source src="https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/pedalican.mp4" type="video/mp4" /> Your browser does not support HTML5 video. </video> </p> <p>The most interesting thing about this proce