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Ismel Figueroa

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• May 8

Working with @Alli Minetti Labs was an amazing experience. She was clear, collaborative, and organized throughout the project, which made delivering high-quality work smooth and efficient. Thanks for the opportunity, @Alli Minetti Labs

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RECOMMENDED

“Great collaboration with Ismel! He is a quick responder and communicative, and he delivers high quality work quickly. Thank you for supporting our project, Ismel!”

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Vyudu Inc

pro

• May 8

The recommendation card from Alli is more useful than the post copy because it reads as third-party verification with no edit. Inbound on Contra moves on signals like that. Solid social proof loop.

Rania Benotman

pro

• May 8

Well done!

Ismel Figueroa

max

• May 8

Thanks so much!

Akinkunmi Ayo

• May 8

well done

Andrei Butenko

pro

• May 15

My project was featured on the Contra homepage for the second time 🎉 🙌

Thanks so much to the Contra team for noticing and sharing the project 🤍🫶

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Madob Acharjya

• 2d

Love this!

Anna Podrez

pro

• May 14

I don't know how it works exactly, but Contra claims that I'm among the top 1% of creatives 🔥

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Cipher UI

• May 15

Congratulations Anna

Mavi ✨

pro

• 2d

Is it just me, or does navigating Contra feel like running a marathon in slow motion lately? 🐌

Honestly, I thought the sluggish page loads were just a subtle nudge to get me to upgrade. “Fair enough,” I thought. “Maybe the snappy, optimised infrastructure is reserved for the Pro tier.”

So, I pulled out my card and upgraded.

Fast forward to today: I’m officially on the Pro plan, and… I’m still sitting here staring at the same endless loading states. It is way too slow. As someone who relies on digital platforms daily, I don’t think I’ve encountered this much performance friction in a long time. When you’re trying to showcase work, close deals, or just move between pages, every extra second feels like an eternity.

Is anyone else out there facing this, or is my dashboard just playing on hard mode? Let me know if it’s a widespread issue or if the performance gods are just testing my patience today. 👇

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