Hello. That's my face.

I make small things for the web, and this is one of them: a photo you can grab, stretch, and let wobble back.

The first version was a physics experiment. A damped wave equation is normally used for water, cloth, or very expensive hair. Pointed at a portrait, it does something better: it makes a face feel like a face. Once I'd pulled my own cheek and watched it spring back, the rest of the site was inevitable.

A few things I decided early:

• No accounts. You shouldn't have to sign up to poke a photo.
• No uploads. Your photo is processed in your browser and never sent anywhere. That's both a privacy stance and a simpler product.
• No “pro” version that ruins the free one. The tool is free. If you want it in your own hero, there's a small licence.

It's built with a hand-written WebGL renderer, a lot of JavaScript, and no framework. It's about 26KB over the wire.

If it made you laugh, send it to someone. That's the whole business model.

— the maker