Design Audit • Deloughry.co.uk

Design Audit Report
deloughry.co.uk → stripe.dev level
6/10
OVERALL
10
HIGH PRIORITY
22
TOTAL RECS
AUDIT AREAS
PRIORITY KEY
HIGH
MED
LOW
/SECTION_01
Hero / First Impression
7/10
✓ STRENGTHS
Terminal login concept is genuinely memorable and on-brand
Glitch effects and CRT scanlines create strong personality
The fake authentication flow is a clever narrative device
✗ GAPS
Animation plays once — no scroll-triggered reveals or staggered entrances
Layout is a single centered column — no spatial tension or asymmetry
Profile image is static; no hover/parallax interplay with surrounding elements
The 'whoami' and 'cat roles.txt' blocks lack micro-animations (typing cursor, line-by-line reveal)
RECOMMENDATIONS
HIGHAdd typewriter animation to terminal blocks
Animate each line of 'whoami', 'cat roles.txt', and the README with a staggered typewriter effect. This sells the terminal fantasy and creates a compelling first-30-seconds experience. Use CSS animation-delay chains.
HIGHBreak the single-column layout in the hero
Place the terminal window and profile card side-by-side on desktop with a slight rotational offset or overlap. Think 'two monitors on a desk'. This adds the spatial complexity that stripe.dev achieves with its asymmetric featured content cards.
MEDAdd a pulsing cursor and blinking caret
The terminal prompt '$ _' should have a visible blinking caret animation. Small detail, huge authenticity boost.
MEDViewport-filling hero text
Consider a large, glitched 'DELOUGHRY.CO.UK' or 'DR_DINOMIGHT' text that fills the viewport behind or above the terminal, similar to stripe.dev's massive 'Welcome' text. Use mix-blend-mode for layering.
TL;DR — THE BIG WINS
01Scroll-triggered animations with terminal 'boot-up' reveals on every section
02Filterable blog feed with terminal-style command syntax for controls
03Break single-column layout: add stats marquee, multi-column sections, full-bleed moments
04Typewriter animations on hero terminal + viewport-filling display text
05Keyboard shortcuts in nav + hover micro-interactions on all cards