Embedded Systems
FM Radio Module
A functional FM radio built from an Arduino Due and a TEA5756 module — tune stations, read the frequency live, and hear it through an amp and speaker.
Code
About · 人物
Marco Hope
I design and build high-craft, motion-led websites for startups and premium brands.
Design engineer · Computer Engineering @ York · co-founder of Halix, an AI automation studio
Toronto, ON
Skills and tools
Tools · 道具
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Python
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- GSAP
- Node.js
- Supabase
- PostgreSQL
- Stripe
- Vercel
- Git
- GitHub
- Figma
- Electron
- shadcn/ui
- C++
- Arduino
Work · 制作
Selected work.
A few things I’ve designed & shipped — from a custom AI automation studio to this very site.
HX-001Live
Main project · 主作
Halix Solutions
Custom AI Automation Studio
A custom AI automation studio for social-media marketing agencies — it automates the back-office busywork so the client-facing creative stays human. Co-founded with Joshua Ali; I lead the design and front-end, and we share the client research and workflow.
HN-010Shipped
Latest build · 新作
Honey Notes
Local-First Meeting Note Taker
A local-first meeting note taker that doesn't join calls as a bot — it records the mic and the machine's system audio as two separate tracks, transcribes locally with whisper.cpp, and summarizes on demand. Built in three days as Halix Solutions' internal tool.
6A-008Live
Featured build · 秀作
The 6ix Aesthetics
Premium Med Spa Website
A premium med spa site for a fictional Toronto clinic, built to prove a “$30k agency” feel comes from restraint — one motion identity, generous whitespace, and a single conversion path. Fully static, Lighthouse 98 desktop.
NS-007Live
Signature build · 名作
Nous Sommes Un
Restaurant Web Experience
A high-end restaurant site — Paris & Toronto — that sells atmosphere in seconds without sacrificing speed: cinematic, photography-heavy, and dark, built solo end-to-end with a full design-engineer pipeline.
PF-003Live
This very site · 雅
This Portfolio
Portfolio Site
The site you're on — a motion-led portfolio designed and built from scratch with Next.js, GSAP, and interactive Spline 3D scenes.
FR-009Live
Quiet build · 静
The Field of Roses
Interactive Single-Page Experience
A quiet, single-page reminder that flowers — and people — bloom at different times: a night field of roses that glows where your cursor touches it. A designed object, not a product — no backend, no tracking, ~9 kB of page JavaScript.
Bio
Profile · 紹介
Design with intent. Ship with discipline.
I build websites and product interfaces for founders and brands who care how a thing feels — motion and interaction that's actually correct: fast, accessible, reduced-motion-aware, and engineered, not just flashy. Most of that craft has gone into Halix Solutions, a live custom AI automation studio for marketing agencies I co-founded, where I lead the design and front-end across the marketing site and the client-facing systems, and share the client research and workflow with my co-founder.
I ship production software end-to-end by directing AI coding agents, and I care about UI/UX craft and translating technical work for non-technical stakeholders.
I came to the web from the hardware side — a from-scratch FM radio, a closed-loop plant-waterer — and that habit of caring how a thing actually works, down to the wiring, is still how I approach an interface.
Journey
Journey · 歩み
2025 — Present
Co-Founder · Design & Front-End
Halix Solutions
Lead design & front-end for a live custom AI automation studio for marketing agencies; co-own client research & workflow.
Jan — Mar 2026
Python/AI Scraper & Sales Intern
Deeds Leisure
Desktop lead-gen tool — ~75% less manual prospecting.
Oct 2024 — May 2025
UX/UI & Digital Marketing Intern
Minoa Home
Shopify UX / UI / SEO audit + content strategy.
2022 — Present
BASc Computer Engineering (Hons.)
York University
Engineering competition placements (design + debate).
Awards and certifications
Awards · 受賞
- York Engineering Competition — 2nd Place, Junior Design (2023)
- York Engineering Competition — 3rd Place, Senior Design (2024)
- York Engineering Competition — 2nd Place, Debate (2023)
Certifications · 資格
- AI-Powered Software & System Design — DeepLearning.AI (2026)
- Crash Course on Python — Google (2026)
- Standard First Aid with CPR-C — Lifesaving Society (2023)
Engineering roots
Engineering roots · 原点
Where it started — at the wiring.
Before the web I built hardware. That habit of caring how a thing actually works, down to the signal, is still how I approach an interface.
Arduino + MATLAB
Auto Plant Watering System
An Arduino + MATLAB rig that reads soil moisture and waters a plant automatically — only when the soil actually runs dry.
Work · 制作
Things I’ve designed & shipped.
From Halix Solutions — a custom ai automation studio taken 0 → 1 — to 7 more builds in the catalogue.
View the workContact · 連絡
Available for new workLet’s work together.
Got a site or product that needs to feel premium? Tell me your vision and I’ll get back fast.
Work with me終 · End
© 2026 Marco Hope