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How AI is changing the day-to-day of project managers in software teams

AI is taking over the admin work that slows project managers down, freeing them to focus on strategy, clarity and truly moving projects forward.

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 Rust for NodeJS developers (V) - SQLx Integration

Rust for NodeJS developers (V) - SQLx Integration

In this article, we’ll explore how to structure a Rust application with proper separation of concerns, leveraging SQLx’s compile-time query validation to ensure our database operations are both safe and efficient.

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How MarsBased website survived Cloudflare's global outage

After months of regional blocking in Spain, we rebuilt our stack to remove Cloudflare dependencies. Using Render and ImageKit.io, we replaced its performance layer without affecting users. So when Cloudflare went down globally on November 18, our site stayed online.

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Vibe coding: the new no-code?

Is vibe coding the new no-code? Here's a "the good, the bad and the ugly" breakdown of the state of the art in vibe coding.

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Current state of MCP Protocol implementations across programming languages

Current state of MCP Protocol implementations across programming languages

As part of our ongoing work prototyping and developing MCP servers and LLM applications, we closely follow the different SDKs available, or emerging, for implementing MCP servers and clients in various programming languages. Some of these we’ve tested firsthand, such as TypeScript, Python, and Ruby,

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Building a marketing website with Vercel’s v0: Our honest experience

Our team recently built and launched a full marketing website using Vercel’s v0, the AI-powered web development tool. Here’s our experience, what impressed us, what still needs work, and why it might be the fastest way to bring a product or startup online today.

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Introducing GPTApps

Introducing GPTApps

A new MarsBased initiative to help companies embrace artificial intelligence. We eventually merged that project into MarsBased.

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Switching to Plausible: A privacy-friendly analytics tool for MarsBased

At MarsBased, we value privacy, simplicity, and open‑source tools. We replaced Google Analytics with Plausible, a lightweight, privacy‑first solution. This shift keeps us GDPR‑compliant while still providing the insights we need.

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Midudev: authenticity, community, and the human side of development

In this episode of Life on Mars, we talk with Midudev (Miguel Ángel Durán), one of the most influential creators in the Spanish-speaking tech world. A genuine conversation about authenticity, community, and the human side of programming, filled with insights, honesty, and purpose.

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How AI helped us bring back one-on-ones at MarsBased

With the help of AI, we finally solved one of our biggest management challenges at MarsBased, keeping one-on-ones consistent, meaningful, and well-documented across the team.

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Active Job Continuations: The end of lost jobs

Rails 8.1 brings a feature that's going to change how we handle long-running jobs: Active Job Continuations. Finally, we can interrupt and resume jobs without losing progress.

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Building powerful mobile apps with MarsBased

MarsBased builds cross-platform mobile apps with React Native and Ionic. See how we helped Aparcango, DPL ETT, and others launch scalable, user-friendly apps.

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