https://www.dewofyouryouth.com/A blog by Jacob Shore about genealogy, language learning, faith, and software — tracing family history, studying Arabic, and thinking carefully about things that matter.enTue, 28 Apr 2026 14:19:01 UTChttps://www.dewofyouryouth.com/post/how-hard-is-face-detection/https://www.dewofyouryouth.com/post/how-hard-is-face-detection/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0200 I wanted to see how hard face detection is in 2026. I tested Haar cascades, MediaPipe’s BlazeFace, and YOLO on real images. The short answer: it depends entirely on whether your subject is wearing sunglasses.