A redesign is not the same as a useful website
Website v2 already fixed the old visual hierarchy: Kodari and Acadence lead, real engineering work is easier to inspect, client services have a dedicated route, and Kurt’s portfolio has its own professional context. The next question is simpler: can a visitor tell where to go without reading the whole site?
The homepage now gives four quiet starting points for the people Natsu Labs actually serves: students, instructors, prospective clients, and employers or recruiters. These are plain navigation routes, not another row of promotional cards.
Evidence stays stronger than claims
There are still no invented customer counts, testimonials, revenue numbers, ratings, or performance percentages. Product case studies, real interface screenshots, build notes, release work, and technical decisions carry the proof instead.
That also means older work does not need equal visual weight. A project stays visible when it demonstrates something useful, while current products and stronger engineering evidence remain easier to reach.
The site is staying technically small
This pass does not add a frontend framework, animation library, tracking SDK, or hosted lead form. The site remains a static multi-page site on Firebase Hosting with lightweight shared CSS and JavaScript.
That restraint matters for more than performance. It keeps maintenance understandable and avoids changing the privacy behavior just to collect marketing data before the studio has a clear reason to use it.
What comes after this pass
Once the current release is deployed, the useful next evidence will come from real use: which product links people follow, what questions prospective clients ask, what recruiters need to find faster, and which Build Log topics are worth expanding. Until then, the site should make the obvious paths clear without pretending there is more proof than Natsu Labs actually has.