My uncle's company website was about to expire. To help him save on future maintenance costs and also ensure the domain and website were fully under his control, I took over.
First, I downloaded the existing website completely so that the copy, images, and other assets could be reused, making the subsequent redesign easier.
Considering that WorkBuddy's tokens are free, I started with WorkBuddy. I remembered there was an expert mode, but I didn't use it this time. It was just a regular task, no need to bother the expert.
After generating it, I checked and found that the result was still lacking compared to the live website: the homepage banner images were missing, the carousel switching effect wasn't implemented, and clicking thumbnails in the product list didn't pop up larger images. The overall fidelity was not high.
Then I tried downloading the entire site again using ChatGPT Codex. This time, the result was perfect—the pages, interactions, and details were all well reproduced.
Throughout the process, it only consumed about 2.3 RMB worth of tokens, yet saved a huge amount of time manually organizing assets and rebuilding pages.