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Capybara

How to implement Cuprite into Capybara

We've all been playing with testing libraries and frameworks for many years, but before doing that, we have to configure them. In this blog post, I'll walk you through my setup of Cuprite with Capybara.

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Font Awesome social share buttons are blocked by AdBlock? Here's how to go around it

Font Awesome social share buttons are blocked by AdBlock? Here's how to go around it

So all of the sudden the social sharing buttons disappeared from your website? AdBlock is probably at fault, and here is how to fix it!

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Fireworks

Celebrating with Martian Breakfasts!

As time goes by, we have more stuff worth celebrating in the company going on, so we've decided to take it up a notch and celebrate small and big teams with a joint virtual breakfast on the company!

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Compass

We've updated our handbook to include our new development workflow

As you might probably know, we have a long document called the MarsBased Handbook where we try to describe all our procedures and how we work.

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No

The importance of saying NO

We have overcome one of the most intense periods at work in the entire life of the company, largely thanks to our ability to say 'no' more than we say 'yes', defying the standards and the etiquette of our industry.

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Open door

Be more available to the rest of the team

At MarsBased, we like to review our workflows, tools and policies every now and then because what it used to be good for us, might not be the right fit now. For instance, last year, we changed our project management tool from JIRA to Linear.

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We've adopted Linear for project (and company) management!

We've adopted Linear for project (and company) management!

At MarsBased, we like to review our workflows, tools and policies every now and then because what it used to be good for us, might not be the right fit now. For instance, last year, we changed our project management tool from JIRA to Linear.

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Thank you

Thank you 2021 (???!?!?!)

2021 has been one hell of a ride. It has brought us the best and worst moments as a company, so we want to acknowledge all we've done and everyone who has supported us along the way.

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Hands

Changes to our Startups Barcelona Slack community

We have been running an online community for entrepreneurs and tech people in Barcelona since 2015, called Startups BCN. We are applying a few changes from now onwards that you should know.

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Launched the Startup Genome Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021

Launched the Startup Genome Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021

Check out Startup Genome's Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021 on their LocomotiveCMS-based platform we have been building for three years, now!.

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Present

Audit the code you inherit

How many times have you - as an agency or freelancer - inherited code from a previous provider or another team? How many times have you been blamed for things that were not your fault? You can avoid it, if you follow our advice.

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Microphone

New season of the Life on Mars podcast!

The new season of the Life on Mars podcast will bring many changes. A big shake-up will take our podcast to the next level. Do you want to be part of this ride?

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