👀 What do you do when you get a hyperfixation, and suddenly all you do is refresh Contra, check notifications, and obsess over engagement on your Makeathon submission? Anyone else like this? 😅😅😅

Honestly, you might have noticed I’ve been a bit quiet with my growth updates lately — and that’s because for the past 2 weeks I was fully locked in on the #ConfigMakeathon 🥵

(I’ll also attach a screen recording in this post showing how to use the Skill Matrix for anyone who’s interested)

But today I’m back with a quick update to distract myself a little

𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟓𝟐 🎉 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬

𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗬 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧:

💎 +60 followers 💎 I made it into the Top 5 creators on Contra 💎 Discovery score grew by 4 points — now it’s 127 💎 Ben Huffman followed me — which honestly feels like a huge milestone for me, especially since I’ve been on Contra for less than 2 months

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗬 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧:

I’ll share everything at the end of the week 👀

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: 337 / 1,000 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁: 663 followers

Follow along if you’re curious to see whether it’s possible to grow on Contra from zero. If you like my work please support my submission: https://on.contra.com/LgPnq8

🐐 + 💬 = ❤️

As someone who's capable of opening the same analytics page 37 times a day, I refuse to judge 😄

What I find interesting is how quickly you've grown in less than two months. Was there a moment when you noticed a clear shift in traction, or did it feel more like a slow accumulation of small wins?

Zuzze recently turned 2, and I finally got around to putting together a showreel featuring some of the work from 2025. Sound ON 🎵 A few highlights from the past year: • Over 90% of clients came back for additional work within a year, proving that clients value a strategic partner who thinks like a builder, not just an executor. • Adopted AI-native development by combining the latest AI tools with traditional design and engineering, earning the “Best Prompt” award at the first @Figma Make-athon by @Contra HQ, selected from more than 10,000 submissions. • Earned Spline Expert certification and won the top prize at the @Spline Hackathon by @Contra HQ with an interactive 3D storytelling experience. • Became a Frontend Guild Leader at a.team, an elite AI talent network representing the top 1% of AI-native product builders worldwide. Thanks for everyone who has been part of the journey so far and excited for what’s next! 🫶