Jordi Vendrell Farreny

Jordi Vendrell

Founder & COO

25 articles by Jordi Vendrell

Tech support

Introducing 24/7 support for critical incidents

Announcing 24/7 support for our projects. If your application needs critical incident support outside regular office hours, get in touch with us to discuss the right level of coverage for your business.

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Future

The future of development agencies in the AI era

AI is making code cheaper and faster to write, but building software that actually works, scales, and stays secure still takes broad expertise and someone accountable for the outcome. Here's how we see the role of development agencies changing in the AI era, and how MarsBased is adapting to it.

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The judgment gap in AI

The judgment gap in AI

AI gathers review evidence better than any human, but lacks context. Here’s why human judgment still drives our final performance ratings.

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AI Speed highway

Our first production test of Fable

We put the new Fable AI model to the test on a real production project: how we compressed two weeks of development into just five hours, and why true success still depends on solid architecture and human review.

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Performance review

Using AI to run performance reviews: how we evaluate our team with Claude

How we connected Claude to our remote stack to eliminate bias and bureaucracy from performance reviews, while keeping human judgment firmly at the center.

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Brain tech

How MarsBased integrates AI across development and operations

At MarsBased, AI has become part of our daily workflow: from how developers write code to how non-technical teams create, translate, and manage content. Here’s a look at how we’re Claude Code and similar tools to improve efficiency across the entire company.

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Linear AI

Linear AI: Is it any good?

We thought Linear AI was just another tech distraction, until we actually tried it. Find out why this new update is a secret superpower for Product Managers, not just developers.

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Software engineers in the age of AI

How we evaluate software engineers in the age of AI

What does a great software engineer look like today? A look inside our updated review templates and the new AI criteria we use to evaluate our team.

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MarsBased x Claude

How we use Claude for product management at MarsBased

How MarsBased uses Claude and Linear to automate PM workflows, shifting the role from administrative tasks to strategic product thinking.

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Quality

The quality crisis in software

Software quality is declining even as tools improve. Buggy launches and unpolished AI apps signal a crisis in digital craft — quality is now a competitive edge.

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How we automated hiring triage with n8n + ChatGPT

How we automated hiring triage with n8n + ChatGPT

We recently automated one of the most time-consuming non-technical processes in our company: early-stage hiring triage. To do this, we use n8n. n8n is our platform of choice for AI automation: it connects tools and APIs, runs processes on triggers (like a new form submission), and lets us add logic

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Iso 27001

On the path to ISO 27001 certification

MarsBased is pursuing ISO 27001 certification. Our security practices were already robust — this formalises and validates our commitment to data protection.

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