2 years ago Contra had just been rejected by YC for the 3rd time. Even worse, we were rejected by almost every VC firm we pitched in NYC. It’s hard to believe I get to say this, but today Contra is announcing our launch of Zero Commission Payments and our $30M series B.

Payments are finally here! 💸 Announcing our Series B and public launch of zero-commission payments. 🦄 I am beyond excited, humbled, scared, but mostly — ready to do the work. Here is what's happening:

Memories from Contra's 1st retreat. 💛 Amazing team... friendships made for life.

Requesting faucet funds into 0x075B37e4999C1914ae0DCE249D3122f9234028A7 on the #Goerli #Ethereum test network via faucet.goerli.mudit.blog

One of my pet peeve is when entering an email address with an extra space submit and boom you get some weird error....it is time to get a trim chop chop #qa #petpeeve #trailingwhitespace

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Explaining QA to someone today, and they thought it was mindless app clicking. 🛡️QA is a meticulous craft combining expertise and critical thinking. We're guardians of user experiences, risk mitigators, and quality champions. Orchestrators of flawless software! #QualityAssurance

After flexing my powerlifting prowess today, I had an epiphany: QA and lifting share the same vibe! Like conquering weights in the gym, I bench press bugs, deadlift performance issues, and squat glitches in the QA world. Precision, power, and perseverance pave the way. 🏋️‍♀️

I stumbled upon a fantastic Chrome extension. It's a time saver as it handles input, common boundaries, and edge cases like a pro. 💥 Bonus: You can load your custom config files, Maybe add your test card data so it is a click away. Check it out at bugmagnet.org.

Diving into QA at big companies! Found an awesome GitHub collection, "howtheytest" (lnkd.in/eGmQqXQD) 🕵️‍♀️It's a treasure! McDonald's OpenTest open-source project got me excited! 🍟 Has anyone tried it? Can't wait to uncover it as a side project if it lives up to the hype!🧐

Google already has a major perception problem on how they don’t care much for their cloud customers - not nearly as much as eg AWS or Azure. Every one of these hard to digest events happening to a big spender - and that big spender moving off - just reinforces this perception.

Mandatory reading: the Google platform rant, written by Steve Yegge 12 years ago. This was the core problem of Google. It’s unclear if anything major has changed since. AWS is just as customer & platform-centric as before. gist.github.com/chitchcock/128…

🔍 Unveiling Codeless Automation: Opentest Journey! 🚀 Join me as I explore Opentest, the open-source automation framework! 💻 Get expert recommendations for seamless automation! 👍 Check out the article: tinyurl.com/5n6ut8u5 #CodelessAutomation #Opentest #AutomationJourney

When Grace Hopper stumbled upon the world's first computer bug, she didn't expect it to have wings! Who knew that a tiny moth could give birth to a legendary debugging moment? 🪲🎩 Embrace the unexpected!!🌟🚀

Wow: Google IS killing Google Domains; selling it to Squarespace. This is 10 million domains sold. Millions of customers like me learn again (and again!) that you cannot trust Google to keep their own products alive. Show me another vendor that throws away customers like this…

Here's a tiny set of questions that will help you generate unit tests that will actually prevent bugs. What else would you add?

Join me as I share my experience as a QA wearing the developer's hat! 🚀🎩 Discover the lessons and insights I gained as a QA from this ongoing exciting journey. 💡👩‍💻 linkedin.com/pulse/embracin…