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  • 412
showcase 5d ago

Launched SaaS landing — went from 1.2% to 4.8% conversion

Mostly removed sections, rewrote the hero, and added one social-proof bar. Five things that moved the number — thread inside.

EElena G. · Founder
102 replies
#saas#conversion#landing-page
  • 263
    • showcase 6d ago

    Restaurant client wanted a PWA — here is the result

    Replaced their PDF menu with an installable PWA, scan-to-order, table reservations. Order count up 22% in the first month.

    HHassan M. · Web developer
    64 replies
    #pwa#restaurant#case-study
  • 218
    help 17d ago

    How did you price your first paid project?

    Got my first inbound — service business, ~5 pages, no e-commerce. Imposter syndrome is real.

    AAhmed K. · Junior dev
    71 replies
    #freelance#pricing
  • 187
    general 13d ago

    shadcn/ui vs rolling your own with Radix?

    I keep tweaking the shadcn defaults so much that I feel I should just import Radix directly and own all the styling. What do you all do?

    BBenji L. · Designer / dev
    56 replies
    #shadcn#radix#design-system
  • 156
    general 10d ago

    Which micro-interactions actually feel "premium" vs gimmicky?

    Spring buttons, magnetic hover, cursor follow… some delight, some look like a tutorial demo. Where is the line?

    MMaya I. · Designer
    47 replies
    #animation#ux
  • 88
    general 9d ago

    Cloudflare Workers vs Vercel functions for tiny APIs

    Have a contact form + a webhook receiver. Cloudflare cold-starts feel instant. Anyone running both side-by-side?

    DDaniel P. · Engineer
    26 replies
    #cloudflare#vercel#workers
  • 124
    showcase 20d ago

    Shipped my new portfolio after 2 months — feedback?

    Used Next.js + Tailwind + Framer Motion. The hardest part was actually editing my own copy. Roast it.

    YYara N. · Product designer
    38 replies
    #portfolio#nextjs#feedback
  • 92
    help 11d ago

    Best image strategy when deploying to Cloudflare Pages?

    next/image is unoptimized on static export. What is everyone using — Cloudflare Images, R2 + transforms, or just smushing PNGs at build time?

    TTomás R. · Full-stack
    24 replies
    #cloudflare#images#performance
  • 76
    general 23d ago

    SSR vs static export — when does the trade-off flip?

    I keep defaulting to SSR for new projects, but for portfolios and marketing sites the static export wins on every metric I care about.

    KKarim H. · Engineer
    31 replies
    #nextjs#ssr#static
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    help 3d ago

    Need a second pair of eyes on a checkout flow

    Have a Figma + working prototype. Want a 30-min UX walkthrough from someone who has built a few stores. Happy to pay or trade.

    PPriya K. · Founder
    9 replies
    #ux#ecommerce#review
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    jobs 8d ago

    Looking for someone to build an R3F product page

    Hardware launch, 4 weeks. Have the model, need the scroll-driven exploded view + spec tabs. Paid project.

    LLinh T. · Product manager
    14 replies
    #hiring#r3f#product-page
  • 19
    jobs 2d ago

    Hiring a content editor for an ongoing tech blog

    B2B audience, 4 articles per month, MDX workflow, 1500–2500 words per piece. Long-term retainer.

    RRania B. · Editor-in-chief
    7 replies
    #hiring#content#blog