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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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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Setting sail with eTech Yachting: Python, IoT, and AI on the high seas
We are delighted to officially welcome eTech Yachting as our newest client at MarsBased.
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Why have we forbidden agentic browsers at MarsBased?
Agentic browsers are untamed. A diamond in the rough. As such, they need polishing before we fully utilise them in a safe way. In the meantime, we are not using them at MarsBased.
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An unforgettable journey: inside our annual Martian Day
Our annual Martian Day was a massive success! This year, we took time to strategically review our trajectory and future vision, fueled growth with an insightful workshop on artificial intelligence, and celebrated the human heart of our mission through employee recognition. We capped the day with fun trivia and our Secret Santa, reaffirming that team connection is the core of our stellar journey.
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How we solved host VPN conflicts by running OpenVPN inside Docker containers
Struggling with routing conflicts between your corporate VPN and OpenVPN? Learn how we solved connectivity issues by running the OpenVPN client directly inside Docker containers . A step-by-step guide to achieving a stable, isolated, and conflict-free development environment without modifying your host OS.
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