# Gumdrop, a silly app for messing with my webcam

DevFeed: [Gumdrop, a silly app for messing with my webcam](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gumdrop-a-silly-app-for-messing-with-my-webcam-51111.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://alexwlchan.net/2026/gumdrop/>)

Published: 2026-03-05T08:58:35Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [alexwlchan](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/alexwlchan.md>)

Topics: [webcam](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webcam.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Web app](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webapp.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [camera](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/camera.md>), [capture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/capture.md>), [computers-and-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computers-and-code.md>), [fun-stuff](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fun-stuff.md>), [image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/image.md>), [screen-brightness](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/screen-brightness.md>), [webcam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webcam.md>)

## AI overview

A personal account of Gumdrop, a tiny web app that uses a webcam and a computer monitor's colors to create playful self-portraits. The author highlights its simple interface, local camera processing, privacy, and preference for a desktop webcam over an iPhone.

## Source excerpt

When it's dark, a large computer monitor is a fun way to make the room change into different colours.