Description
It’s 2 a.m. You’re deep in a solo coding session, and your IDE doesn’t notice you haven’t moved in an hour, but the golden retriever on your desk does. In this GitHub Universe 2026 session, Yunika Liu introduces Coco, a pixel-art golden retriever that lives on a desktop window and an LED display to encourage you while you build. Discover how she used GitHub Copilot and Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to build a custom server featuring WebSocket sync, animation triggers, and music composition in just one week. Learn how anyone can connect AI coding agents to custom hardware and build their own MCP server.
Speakers:
Yunika Liu, Product Builder, Independent
Watch more videos from GitHub Universe 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AArI948SDz8&list=PLENrlACZ7mnU
— CHAPTERS —
00:00 Meet Coco: the inspiration
01:14 Building a pixel-art golden retriever
02:20 GitHub Copilot & coco's music
05:23 Behind the scenes: MCP server
07:32 DJ Coco & hardware upgrades
09:55 Lessons from my first MCP server
12:14 Work-life balance & small joys
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