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I joined Contra just about a month ago as a full-stack developer. I’ve set up my services and published a few case studies, but I'm constantly learning how to optimize my presence here.
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Any quick tips for newcomers would mean a lot!
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Here’s to the next one 🥂
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Wanted something more visual than a typical dev portfolio, so I went looking on Codrops (they publish free front-end demos/tutorials) and found a cinematic 3D scroll demo — GSAP + Three.js + WebGL, with a shader particle scene and a scroll-controlled camera with animated type.
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