Project
Zim Zam
Custom website and brand identity for Zim Zam — distinctive visual design, modern web stack, and conversion-focused content.
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Built content extraction pipeline: 3 Python tools (html-to-docx.py, quotes-to-docx.py, readme-to-docx.py) using BeautifulSoup + python-docx · Generated 28 .docx files across 18 numbered folders — website content for every page + discovery call quotes for 10 core pages
Fixed Stripe checkout 404: staging.zimzamlabs.com missing from ALLOWED_SITE_ORIGINS, redirected users to old Square site after payment\n- Fixed 'Order Not Found' bug: frontend checked json.success but API returns json.ok — order data was present but never rendered\n- Added missing fields to order lookup API: shipping_address_1, shipping_address_2, shipping_zip, customer_email (via Supabase join on customers table)\n- Added retry with backoff for Stripe webhook race condition (3 attempts, 2s delay) so order loads even if webhook hasn't fired yet\n- Full order confirmation page redesign: dark ink hero with animated gold SVG checkmark, monospace order number, cream receipt card, preorder badge, Desert Mystic typography (Fraunces + Figtree + JetBrains Mono)\n- End-to-end test purchase via Playwright: shop → cart → Stripe checkout → order confirmed with real data
Drafted Stripe food-grade product description (positioned as powdered beverage mix, not dietary supplement) to avoid Stripe's stricter supplement processing rules · Fixed mobile hero spinning khatam visibility on homepage — bumped opacity 0.09→0.24, recentered behind stats bar, upsized to 135vw for phones
Auto-approved affiliate signups + self-referral fraud guard in Stripe webhook · Self-serve affiliate application form with editorial-patronage aesthetic + dark success reveal (replaces mailto fallback)
Security audit: 9 findings (2 CRITICAL, 4 HIGH backend, 3 HIGH frontend) via delegated security-reviewer agents · Shipped all 9 CRIT/HIGH fixes: JWKS-based CF Access JWT verification, atomic order number Postgres sequence, KV-backed rate limiter middleware, affiliate click counter data-corruption fix (was setting total_clicks to affiliate.id), SELECT * → explicit column allowlists on admin-affiliates + admin-orders, localStorage → sessionStorage for Supabase access token, resp.ok guards before .json() on 3 frontend fetches, SHA-384 SRI on Alpine.js CDN in 5 HTML files
Corrected 'two bags' product messaging across 4 HTML files (index, how-it-works, shop, shipping): 50/100 serving sizes ship in ONE sealed bag with a cedar scoop inside, only 150-serving tier ships in two bags. Full chapter rewrites on how-it-works.html ('One sealed bag. One cedar scoop.') and shop.html ('§ The Bag — Sealed when it ships. Resealable after.'). Added honest 150-serving disclosure via new .tier__note on the pricing card and .bagsystem__aside callout with italic 'A note on the 150-serving size' text. Removed all silica packet mentions (planned feature, not in first shipments). · New UI components: .tier__note in components.css (dashed top border, italic caption, gold-tints on active tier) and .bagsystem__aside in page-shop.css (gold left-border callout with responsive clamp() spacing).
Built link-audit.py — Python auditor/fixer for all <a href> links with audit and fix modes, handles anchor→page mapping, relative path resolution, broken reference detection, social icon wiring via aria-label, and Alpine.js :href binding exclusion · Applied 813 automated link fixes across all 27 HTML pages: rerouted 14 canonical nav anchors to real page URLs (#shop → /shop.html, #science → /zamzam-water-science.html, #story → /our-story.html, #mission → /mission.html, #ingredients → /ingredients.html, #faq → /faq.html, #order → /shop.html, #about → /our-story.html, #use → /how-it-works.html, #faith → /our-pledge.html, #safety → /faq.html, #shipping → /shipping.html, #bigger → /mission.html, #ion-profile → /zamzam-water-science.html#ion-profile)
Designed and built overnight visual QA + auto-fix harness from scratch: Playwright bug detector with 9 categories (overflow, console errors, network fails, broken images, edge bleed, button wrap, orphan wrap, nav wrap, line length), bash orchestrator with preflight/baseline/fix-loop/final-pass phases, claude -p subprocess wrapper with frontend-design skill injection and 6-min timeout, Python state helpers (select-next-bug, bump-attempt, mark-fixed, write-report), per-page-per-category attempt caps, git branch isolation with atomic per-fix commits, kill switch via STOP file, dev server control script, morning review documentation · Ran harness end-to-end autonomously: 22 pages × 7 viewports baseline scan, 122 bugs detected across objective (47) and judgment (75) categories, 18 iterations in 43 min wall time, 14 atomic commits on overnight-fixes-2026-04-10 branch, 122 → 0 bugs, 0 regressions, 3 graceful timeouts
Built three design exploration directions (Desert Mystic cinematic dark, Sacred Archive editorial luxury, Field Journal scientific dossier) — each with full custom design system, tokens, components, and homepage · Comprehensive mobile optimization across rebrands B and C (~32 fixes: hero meta grid stacking, tier button cramping, sample data sidebar, ion chart row stacking, FAQ accordion, dossier header overlap)
Phase 3 Affiliate System: /api/affiliate/apply + login + /me/commissions/clicks endpoints, affiliate.html program page + application form, login.html magic link page, dashboard.html (Alpine.js) with stats/commissions/click chart, affiliate-apply.js + affiliate-dashboard.js, Footer Affiliates link across all 22 pages · Phase 4 Admin Dashboard: admin-affiliates/orders/settings/payouts/dashboard API routes (list/filter/detail/approve/reject/transitions/CSV export/stats), admin/index.html + affiliates.html + orders.html + settings.html (Alpine.js), admin.css + admin.js shared helpers
CORS fix: added zim-zam.pages.dev to allowed origins in Workers API · Nav updates: cart icon + affiliate.js/cart.js script tags on all 18 HTML pages via Python script
Implemented checkout API (POST /create-session + GET /order) — server-side price validation, inventory mode checks, affiliate discount calculation, Stripe Checkout Session creation\n- Implemented Stripe webhook handler (checkout.session.completed + charge.refunded) — signature verification, order/customer creation, commission tracking, affiliate stats, email notifications, analytics\n- Implemented affiliate.js — referral link capture (?ref= param), 30-day cookie with localStorage backup, API validation, click tracking, discount banner, strikethrough prices, URL cleanup\n- Implemented cart.js — full client-side cart with localStorage, product data fetching, tier selection, Add to Cart (replacing Square links), slide-in cart drawer with +/- controls, nav badge, inventory mode support (live/sold_out/preorder), affiliate discount display, analytics events\n- Implemented checkout.js — checkout page form logic, client-side validation, order summary rendering, Stripe redirect\n- PARTIAL: HTML pages (checkout.html, order-confirmed.html), CSS additions, CORS fix, and nav updates across 18 pages still needed
Security audit: scanned all project files, git history, and memory for exposed API keys/secrets — found and fixed Cloudflare API key leak in carryover script · Wrote Phase 2 carryover script (docs/next-session-phase2.md): 170-line implementation prompt covering cart JS, checkout page, Stripe integration, webhook handler, affiliate tracking, with file references, deploy commands, and verification checklist
Evaluated 4 tech stack options, selected Cloudflare Workers + Supabase Postgres + Stripe · Wrote 5 planning docs: architecture, database schema (13 tables), API design (30+ endpoints), affiliate system (two-tier commissions, 4 user journeys), implementation plan (6 phases)
Built complete design system: CSS custom properties, fluid clamp() typography, water-blue palette (#0099CC) replacing Stitch teal, Newsreader/Manrope fonts, shared components (nav, footer, product card, pull quote, FAQ accordion, trust bar, buttons) · Built 14-page static website from Stitch design exports + reviewed copy files: homepage, shop, our-story, zamzam-water-science, how-it-works, ingredients, faq (21 questions with accordion), mission, contact, our-pledge (10 Islamic ethics pledges), shipping, returns, privacy, terms
Designed 3-phase transcript processing pipeline (extract → voice guide → page content)\n- Phase 1: Extracted 86+ verbatim founder quotes from 2h17m discovery call into structured 792-line document (10 sections)\n- Phase 2: Built brand voice guide (296 lines) — tone spectrum, 7 voice principles, vocabulary guide, do-not list, sample sentences\n- Phase 3: Ran 7 parallel agents producing per-page content files (2,640 lines total) for all 10 site pages\n- Rewrote CLAUDE.md with major discovery call pivots: custom build (not Shopify), co-founder Saif added, 3 pricing tiers, affiliate/mosque program, pre-order system, legal constraints\n- Created next-session copywriting script with full build plan scope\n- Updated project memory and renamed folder from zim-zam-labs to zim-zam
Wrote full website copy for all 10 pages (1,775 lines): homepage, our-story, how-it-works, shop/product, FAQ, science-of-zamzam, ingredients, mission, contact, legal (shipping/returns/privacy/terms) · Each page includes meta (URL, title, description for SEO), final draft copy organized by section, photo/visual placeholders, real founder quotes as pull quotes, cross-page quote tracking, and editorial notes for Stephen