Smart Penguin — Payperlead Site
Converted a Figma design to production React + Tailwind CSS — pixel-accurate, responsive, and maintainable.
Overview
Payperlead (Smart Penguin) needed a Figma design brought to life in React. I took the handoff and delivered a clean, component-driven build in Tailwind CSS.
Problem
A Figma file is not a product. The gap between a static design and a responsive, component-based, real-world React site is where most "Figma-to-code" projects fall down — broken at 375px, inconsistent spacing, one-off CSS everywhere.
Constraints
- Pixel-accuracy to the Figma — the design was the spec
- Tailwind-only styling, no custom CSS except where absolutely required
- Had to be responsive across mobile, tablet, and desktop breakpoints
Approach
Broke the design into a reusable component library first — buttons, cards, sections — then assembled pages from those primitives. Tailwind config extended to match the design tokens (colours, spacing, radii) so there was one source of truth.
Key Decisions
Component library first, pages second
Assembling pages from shared components makes every future change cheaper. Designing page-by-page means the fifth page still contradicts the third.
Tailwind over CSS modules
The brief required utility-first, and for a design-handoff project it means the translation from Figma styles to code styles is mostly mechanical — faster, fewer mistakes.
Tech Stack
- React
- Tailwind CSS
- Figma
- HTML5
Result & Impact
Delivered the site matching the Figma — clean code, responsive, no one-off styles. Good foundation for the team to extend without fighting the CSS.
Learnings
- Figma-to-code is a translation job — accuracy comes from a shared design-token layer, not from eyeballing values
- Tailwind config is where a "pixel-accurate" project gets won or lost