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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. 👇
Love this!
Have you read the post? 😂
"Haha, to be honest, I dropped that 'Love this!' initially just because the headline and snail emoji hit the nail on the head!
But reading it fully now—yes, you’re not alone. I’m experiencing the exact same sluggishness. It’s definitely not just your dashboard, and hopefully the team fixes the performance issues soon!"
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Helloo, my footer is on Contra's Instagram profile 🦶
Thanks @Contra 🙏🏻
If you need a website that reflects your brand, I got one spot available for September :)
nice bro!
🚀 FEATURED AGAIN.
THE INTERESTING PART IS WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE UI.
Traveling Up was the first mobile concept I created purely for myself in almost three years.
No client brief.
No existing product.
No predefined feature list.Just one observation from a short trip:
🌍 Most travel products start by asking where you want to go.
I wanted to start one step earlier.
How do you want to feel?
That single shift changed the whole product logic.
✨ Destination search became mood led discovery.
⏳ Time became part of the recommendation.
🎲 Uncertainty became part of the experience instead of something the product had to remove.
That became Traveling Up.
And now Contra has hand picked the project for Featured and placed it in the AI Projects section on the homepage.
The most interesting part for me is not the feature itself.
It is how often the strongest product directions begin before the interface.
In the framing.
In the question.
In understanding what the user is actually trying to experience.
That is the kind of work we keep pushing at Asol Design.
Not just better screens. Better product decisions before the screens exist.
If you are building a mobile product and want more than polished UI, if you want stronger product thinking, sharper UX direction and a visual system built around a clear idea, let’s talk.
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Keeping uncertainty in the product instead of designing it out is the risky half of that shift. Curious what the screen shows when the mood input is thin.
amazing