I overhauled the site to be clearer, faster, and easier to maintain. The emphasis was on practical improvements you notice immediately: cleaner pages, steadier performance, and templates that make future changes trivial.

Highlights

• Visual and typographic refresh: updated colors, cleaner type, and tighter spacing for better reading across devices.
• Componentized, responsive layout: reusable templates and blocks that scale from phones to large screens.
• Better information architecture: simplified navigation and clearer content hierarchy to help visitors find things faster.
• Performance and build improvements: smaller assets, faster loads, and a more predictable build pipeline.
• Accessibility and SEO baseline: improved semantic markup and metadata for better discoverability.

How Copilot helped

As someone whose background is in robotics and software engineering rather than frontend development, working collaboratively with Copilot was transformative for this project.

Rapid iteration without deep frontend expertise

Traditionally, redesigning a website would require either hiring a frontend specialist or spending months learning CSS-in-depth, flexbox layouts, responsive design patterns, and modern web tooling. Instead, I could describe what I wanted—”make the footer thinner with equal spacing around icons”—and Copilot would instantly suggest SCSS changes. I could see the results immediately and iterate.

This collaborative approach meant I could:

• Test multiple color schemes and typography combinations in hours instead of weeks
• Implement responsive design patterns without memorizing media query syntax
• Refine spacing and alignment by describing the desired feel rather than pixel-hunting
• Handle accessibility concerns (aria-labels, semantic HTML) without extensive research

Keeping control while automating repetition

The key was maintaining editorial control. Copilot handled:

• Scaffolding new components and layouts
• Suggesting CSS optimizations and transitions
• Generating boilerplate for repetitive tasks (image folder structures, metadata tags)
• Proposing solutions when I hit blockers

But I remained the decision-maker. Every visual change, color choice, and interaction detail was informed by my direction. Copilot was the accelerant, not the designer.

Practical examples from this redesign

• Implemented smooth hover effects with transitions in minutes
• Created a responsive card layout that works flawlessly on mobile through desktop
• Added proper SEO setup (robots.txt, 404 pages, structured metadata) without external tools
• Organized project assets and blog images into clean folder structures

The result

This isn’t to say frontend engineering isn’t important—it absolutely is. But AI-assisted development has fundamentally changed the barrier to entry for cross-disciplinary work. A roboticist can now meaningfully design and build a website without being a frontend expert.

That said, this tool isn’t a replacement for expertise—it’s an amplifier. Understanding what the generated code does remains essential, and careful review is always necessary. The real power comes from pairing domain knowledge with AI assistance.