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Full-stack rental & roommate-matching platform built end-to-end. Renters browse and filter listings by city, price, and availability; landlords get a dashboard to manage listings and track reservations. Features real-time messaging between seekers and landlords, Google OAuth via NextAuth, and live listing-status toggling. Built with Next.js (SSR/SEO), MongoDB, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript, and SWR for optimized data fetching; deployed on Vercel.
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For Sienna Rhodes, I designed the homepage around one idea: the portfolio should come first.
Photography clients usually want to know one thing before they read about your process, your packages, or even who you are: Do I connect with your work?
So instead of opening with a traditional introduction, the homepage leads directly into the portfolio and lets the imagery make the first impression. The supporting copy and details come later, once the work has already created that initial connection.
I’m curious where other designers and photographers land on this. Do you prefer a portfolio-first homepage, or do you think the photographer’s story should come first?
Portfolio first, every time for photography. Nobody hires off a process paragraph, they hire because one image stopped them scrolling. The story matters, but it lands harder after the work has already made the case. That start here slider does the pitch by itself.
Huge congratulations on hitting the $10k milestone! 🚀 Truly inspiring to see what’s possible on Contra.
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.
If you could look back at your early days, what’s the #1 thing you did that moved the needle for your profile visibility and landing initial inbound clients?
Any quick tips for newcomers would mean a lot!
Just hit my first $10,000 on Contra 🥳🎉
I joined Contra a while ago without really knowing what to expect, and it’s been really nice to see it gradually become a place where I’ve met great clients and worked on projects I genuinely love.
Here’s to the next one 🥂
Built a digital presence for Associated Engineers & Builders
I wanted this website to feel like an extension of the company itself. Organized, clear and made to last. The visual style takes ideas from blueprints engineering charts and technical papers while keeping everything simple and up to date.
I designed and developed the website around their 30+ years of work, bringing together their services, projects, history, and company story into one responsive experience.The aim was straightforward: change a construction company into a powerful modern online presence without losing its engineering roots.
Built from beginning to end. Concept, design, development and launch.
What do you think of the style😍 ?
