Whenever I get time, I like to do mockups to keep my creativity sharp. In this case, nature backgrounds were my inspiration to showcase all four seasons.
Long before Apple began using them, Windows offered a range of wallpapers that brought beautiful scenes from around the world to their user's desktop.
Here's some I felt best captured the essence of each season.
I just open-sourced my Contra MCP Starter Toolkit ⚡
Contra now has a native Model Context Protocol server, which means MCP-compatible AI agents can work directly with your Contra account — profile, services, portfolio, proposals, projects, invoices and more.
The problem: getting a coding agent properly connected still involves OAuth, PKCE, token refresh, MCP configuration and making sure the agent respects Contra’s prepare → confirm workflow.
So I packaged the setup I was using into an open-source starter kit:
• One-command OAuth setup — run npm run auth, authorize Contra in the browser, and the local callback handles PKCE and token exchange.
• Zero dependencies — native Node.js 18+ only: fetch, crypto, http and fs.
• Automatic token refresh — the client catches expired sessions, refreshes the access token and retries the MCP request.
• Safe agent workflows — instructions for Cursor, Google Antigravity, Claude Code and Windsurf built around Contra’s native prepare → confirm protocol, including a full before/after review before any live mutation.
• Zero-code AI mode — copy-paste prompts for inspecting your Contra account, restructuring services, updating your profile and publishing portfolio case studies without writing JavaScript yourself.
• Content-as-Code templates — Markdown blueprints for profile positioning, flagship services, pricing, FAQs and structured case studies.
The interesting part for me isn’t just Contra.
It’s the workflow: your professional profile becomes something an AI coding agent can inspect, reason about and maintain through structured tools — while you keep final approval over every write.
A recent personal project: exploring where physical product styling meets generative set-building.
I wanted to see how far I could push optical physics, tactile textures, and label preservation purely digitally—without stepping foot in a physical photo studio.
Took a few iconic references (from brutalist chrome eyewear to moody skincare and technical outerwear) and treated them as full editorial spec campaigns:
🔥 Authentic Physics: Real glass refractions, pool caustics, and macro water droplets instead of a flat digital look.
🔥Pixel-Perfect Details: Preserving 100% of the original typography, textures, and product geometry via Photoshop compositing.
🔥Editorial Context: Placing each item into its own atmospheric world—from rainy concrete parking decks to serene Nordic morning light.
Personal experiments like this are the best playground to test what’s truly possible with modern hybrid workflows.
Open for custom commissions, brand campaigns, and creative collaborations here on Contra.