I've updated the hero section to use a warm gradient background (amber to orange) instead of the gray "muted" background, which was causing the "shaded" look. I also increased the opacity of the background pattern and used a mix-blend-multiply effect to make it integrate better with the warm colors, ensuring the section "pops" while keeping the text readable with darker stone-colored text.
I've upgraded Next.js from 16.0.3 to 16.0.10.
I need to write documentation for a class assignment about building this project. Please give me a summary covering: (1) my initial idea and what I wanted to build, (2) a walkthrough of the development process — what prompts I gave you, what errors we hit, how we iterated, (3) what you auto-generated vs. what I had to prompt manually, (4) any limitations I ran into with this platform, and (5) pros and cons compared to building a simple widget in a chat-based AI like Claude Artifacts. Format it as plain paragraphs I can paste into a Word document.