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20th May 2025

Tucked into today's Google I/O keynote, a blink-and-you'll miss it moment:

The pelican in the keynote was created by Alexander Chen. Here's the code they wrote with the help of Gemini, which uses p5.js to power the animation.

Posted 20th May 2025 at 7:24 pm

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