[rchaud]

I'm not the OP, but I thought the design was OK.

One thing I'd suggest removing however is the Product Hunt logo/widget. It's meaningless for people that may find your site via search. They don't care if it was the "Product of the Day" or whatever. Those are mostly for bragging rights in the lean startup community.

Another reason to remove it is because it creates that negative "blogspam" signal in online communities like HN that are familiar with PH. There are lots or barebones websites offering color palettes and CSS gradients and calling themselves "products". Don't turn your website into one of those.