The Great Goose Off | Creator Edition
AI Summary
The video features a live coding session with the creators of Codename Goose, an open-source AI agent designed to automate tasks locally on your machine. Alex (engineer) and Spencer (designer) showcase Goose’s capabilities through coding challenges including creating a visually storytelling endless scrolling 404 page, developing an endless runner game where the user controls obstacles instead of the runner, and redesigning the Goose UI into a kid-friendly version with bright colors, fun fonts, and playful animations.
Key highlights include:
- Goose’s use for code migrations, unit tests, and increasing developer productivity.
- The creators’ different approaches: Alex favors CLI for coding, Spencer prefers GUI.
- Challenges in styling and integrating components live.
- Use of model context protocol (MCP) for extending Goose’s capabilities.
- Voting interaction from the audience on which implementations they liked best.
- Discussion on favorite AI models used with Goose and workflow tips like version control and prompt planning.
- Emphasis on creativity, experimentation, and learning by breaking things with Goose.
The video provides insight into vibe coding, using AI agents in software development, and the potential future of AI-powered coding tools.