The network for creativity
Join 1.25M professional creatives like you
Connect with clients, get discovered, and run your business 100% commission-free
Creatives on Contra have earned over $150M and we are just getting started
Back to feedPost
Taste Test
Over the years, I’ve worked with teams that involve QA from the very beginning — and others that bring QA in right before launch.
Both can work depending on context.
I’m curious — when does QA enter your process?
1 voted
25%
3 voted
75%
4 votes
Closed
The network for creativity
Join 1.25M professional creatives like you
Connect with clients, get discovered, and run your business 100% commission-free
Creatives on Contra have earned over $150M and we are just getting started
Related posts
We're starting a little experiment at ideapeel.
10 YC startups. 10 website redesigns.
Over the next few weeks, we're picking recently funded Y Combinator startups and looking at their websites through a product and conversion lens.
Not just:
“How can we make this look better?”
But:
Is the product immediately clear?
Does the hero communicate why it matters?
Is the hierarchy helping or slowing people down?
Does the visual direction fit the product?
And is the next step obvious?
For some, we'll redesign the hero.
For others, it might be positioning, product storytelling, UX, or the conversion path.
And sometimes, the right answer might be that we wouldn't change much at all.
We'll share the original, what we noticed, what we'd change, and why.
YC Redesign 01 coming next.
Which YC startup should we put on the list?
Good framing. For the YC list, I'd pick sites where the hero names the category but not the product, because that is where positioning beats layout. Curious whether the fix you land on most is copy or visuals.
Dark or light: which SaaS homepage makes you scroll?
A: Pathwright (Framer), guided learning paths for teachers and teams.
B: Embedify (Next.js), a tool that turns ideas into web pages and knowledge bases.
Both heroes have one job: show the product before the first scroll.
Which one gets you there first, and why?
Live: pathwright.com · embedify.io
More builds: instagram.com/sellwrightstudio · youtube.com/@sellwrightstudio
3 voted
50%
3 voted
50%
6 votes
Closed
I’d go with B! A clean, visual layout can make a product feel more engaging while keeping the message clear.
A client once asked me, How does your job correct these problems?
I smiled because for him to ask me that question, he already believed I could help.
He just needed to understand how and I wasn’t going to shy away from explaining that.
So I broke down…
📌 How a poorly structured user flow can make people abandon a product before completing a task.
📌 How unclear navigation makes users work harder than they should.
📌 How the right product decisions can make an experience easier for users and help the business achieve its goals.
His web app had these problems and as I explained them, he started seeing what I was seeing. And he was ready to move! 😎🔥
Most times, clients know something isn’t working, but they just can’t pinpoint what it is or how to fix it. That’s where I come in.
👉🏽👉🏽 PS- Here’s a peek at the website I just finished working on.
Access at sourcegpu.com
