Component-Driven Client Build

Lake Country Dental was the first large client website built with Cairn, a custom PHP frontend system developed through a human-directed, AI-assisted workflow. The project used structured page data and reusable renderers across 41 approved routes instead of the agency’s usual visual page-builder process.

Cairn had to support real content, nested routes, shared data, responsive components, accessibility requirements, third-party form integration, and launch QA without collapsing into one-off client code. Agent-generated implementation also required careful review for incorrect assumptions, scope drift, inconsistent patterns, and incomplete responsive behavior.

I defined component behavior, content structures, visual expectations, responsive rules, and acceptance criteria. Coding agents assisted with implementation, testing, documentation, and repetitive page-data work. I reviewed their output, redlined rendered components, diagnosed routing and integration failures, directed revisions, and determined which improvements belonged in the client build or the reusable Cairn base.

The finished website demonstrated that Cairn could support a substantial production build with consistent markup, centralized responsive behavior, shared content, and reusable components. Documented accessibility and best-practice audits reached full scores, and lessons from the project directly informed later Cairn architecture and CMS development.