# LightBuddy: A Mac Display Lighting Prototype Superseded by macOS Edge Light

DevFeed: [LightBuddy: A Mac Display Lighting Prototype Superseded by macOS Edge Light](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sherlocked-before-it-was-born-lightbuddy-39531.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://rambo.codes/posts/2025-12-15-sherlocked-before-it-was-born-lightbuddy>)

Published: 2025-12-16T18:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Rambo Codes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/rambo-codes.md>)

Topics: [GUI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gui.md>), [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>), [Xcode](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/xcode.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>)

Tags: [apple](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [gui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gui.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [xcode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xcode.md>)

## AI overview

Gui Rambo recounts creating LightBuddy, a Mac display-based lighting prototype for video calls, and how Apple later integrated a similar Edge Light feature into macOS. He reflects on how shipping the app first might have felt to be overshadowed by Apple.

## Source excerpt

Gui Rambo writes about his coding and reverse engineering adventures.