Case study

The Blind Walleye: a static rebuild of the marketing site

Rebuilds the public Blind Walleye site as a Next.js app. The shipped capture source/pages/index.html is one input page, and node scripts/compare-visual.mjs pixel-diffs the replica against the capture and exits 1 if any page exceeds the diff threshold.

Targets: Website
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-03

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2026-09-27
Language: CSS

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Scope: The README calls the project a 1:1 copy of https://www.theblindwalleye.com, statically rendered in Next.js. source/ holds the capture. The app prerenders /, /menu, and /events, and the captured 404 is rendered as well. source/pages contains index.html, menu.html, events.html, and __404.html.
Testing evidence: The README says node scripts/compare-visual.mjs screenshots the captured source and the replica at 1440, 991, and 390 pixels wide. The script's default MAX_DIFF_PCT is 0.5, and it exits 1 when any page's diff percent is above that threshold.
License: The README names no license.

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BibTeX

@misc{blind-walleye-static-case,
  title = {{The Blind Walleye: a static rebuild of the marketing site}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jpiercedev/blind-walleye}},
  url = {https://github.com/jpiercedev/blind-walleye},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/blind-walleye-static-case/}}
}

Plain text

The Blind Walleye: a static rebuild of the marketing site. https://github.com/jpiercedev/blind-walleye (accessed 2026-11-03). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/blind-walleye-static-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · jpiercedev/blind-walleye · Revision 4852d2c
source/pages/index.html GitHub · jpiercedev/blind-walleye · Revision 4852d2c
scripts/compare-visual.mjs GitHub · jpiercedev/blind-walleye · Revision 4852d2c