Using Cursor as a Product Manager: faster answers, fewer pings
Stop the Slack scavenger hunt and navigate your codebase directly. Learn how to use Cursor to get faster answers and reduce engineer pings.
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Adopting JSON-LD Schema for cleaner, more powerful SEO
By implementing schema correctly, you improve how content appears in search results and when URLs are unfurled on social media or by AI tools like ChatGPT
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On the path to ISO 27001 certification
We are officially in the process of obtaining the ISO 27001 certification. While 90% of these security standards were already part of our DNA, this move allows us to formalize and externally validate our commitment to data protection for high-stakes projects and global corporate clients.
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Defensive engineering for unhappy paths: Frontending with Detail series (part 2)
Discover strategies for building resilient Frontends when you don't own the Backend. Learn how defensive engineering, involving API mocking, feature flags, and architecting for the "unhappy path," ensures a robust user experience despite independent infrastructure constraints.
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How we prepare our board meetings with Linear
We fixed board unstructured board meetings by using Linear. The result is shorter, calmer meetings focused on decisions rather than reporting.
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Privacy, trust, and engineering tools: Our position at MarsBased
At MarsBased, we prioritize trust and privacy over the granular surveillance capabilities of AI tools like Cursor. Discover why we choose transparency and outcome-based engineering over monitoring individual usage data.
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How we made Plausible analytics work with ad blockers
To combat analytics data loss caused by ad-blockers, we implemented a custom Ruby on Rails proxy to route Plausible requests through our own backend. This privacy-friendly approach ensures we capture reliable traffic insights while fully respecting our visitors' data and privacy.
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Everything Figma won't tell you: Frontending with detail (Part 1)
Beyond static Figma files, frontend engineering is about "torturing the design" to bridge the gap between mockups and reality. We account for fluid layouts, edge-case content, and invisible states to transform "Goldilocks" designs into resilient, accessible digital ecosystems.
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Betting harder than ever for remote work
MarsBased was founded twelve years ago as a remote-first company not out of convenience, but out of conviction. Long before remote work became mainstream, we deliberately chose to build an officeless company around trust, autonomy, and life balance.
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Always use a .dockerignore in your projects
Did you know that omitting a .dockerignore file can slow down your deployments and compromise your application's security? Often overlooked, this small file is as vital as .gitignore. Discover why we consider it a non-negotiable piece at MarsBased and how it can protect you from accidental data leaks.
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Replacing jQuery with React: a pragmatic migration plan (with real estimates)
Legacy frontends rarely fail loudly. They fail quietly: slower iteration, harder UI changes, more edge-case bugs, and a growing sense that every improvement costs too much. That is usually the moment teams consider moving from a jQuery-heavy UI to a component-based frontend like React.
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AI code agents and Typed Languages
For the first time, types feel like they are working with you instead of against you. Inference, editor support, safer refactors, and clearer APIs made typing feel less like bureaucracy and more like leverage.
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