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AI-Generated Code

How "Don’t repeat yourself" can mess up with your AI-generated code

AI agents often over-abstract coincidental duplication, creating fragile architectures that increase cognitive load and technical debt. Prioritizing clear domain boundaries over rigid DRY principles is essential for keeping codebases maintainable for both humans and AI.

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Bye bye Cursor

The strategy behind the shift: Why MarsBased left Cursor for Claude Code

After starting with Cursor in 2024, we are now standardizing on Claude Code for our 2026 agentic strategy. This move marks our official shift from writing code to defining problems and steering the process.

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AI-Augmented development

Standardising innovation: Our internal guide to AI-augmented development

How we integrate agents like Claude and Copilot into our workflow using a rigorous Research, Plan, and Implement framework to ensure speed without sacrificing architectural excellence.

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Anna

Landing on Mars: What a first year as a Martian feels like

From long-time admirer to active 'Martian,' this is a journey of overcoming imposter syndrome to find true creative freedom, high-performance autonomy, and a remote community that feels like home.

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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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Upgraded legacy Rails app

How we safely upgraded a legacy Rails app with limited tests

Upgrading a 150k-line Rails monolith with low test coverage is risky. We avoided a "big bang" by using progressive rollouts and bot traffic to ensure a stable, incident-free migration.

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WebMCP

WebMCP: Making your website ready for AI agents

WebMCP is the new W3C standard that makes websites natively operable by AI agents, no slow vision models needed. Learn how to implement it in 15 minutes.

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Martian Day

All systems go: Martian Day Q1 2026 and the craft of AI engineering

MarsBased Q1 2026 review: A deep dive into our Martian Day strategy sessions focused on refining AI implementations, architectural precision, and technical mastery.

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Handbook

Leveling up: The new MarsBased Handbook

The MarsBased Handbook got a major refresh: new design, better search, and faster access to all policies and benefits. Find answers more intuitively than ever.

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Canals d' Urgell

Scaling new frontiers: Our landmark partnership with Canals d'Urgell

MarsBased signs its largest project in years with Canals d'Urgell, a partnership born from our mastery of AI discovery. We are leveraging AI as our primary ally to deliver two major, high-performance web applications.

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MWC 2026

MarsBased @ MWC & 4YFN 2026: The recap 🚀

Is coding becoming a commodity? Dive into our MWC 2026 recap to explore how Agentic AI is redefining the developer’s role and why the future belongs to the AI-native generation

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Boy-scout on Mars

The boy-scout engineer: Frontending with detail series (part 3)

True quality is defined by a mindset of accountability and the Boy-Scout Rule of leaving code cleaner than you found it. Senior success requires radical ownership and rigorous self-review to deliver excellence in every single commit.

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