Big May moves 🚀

From long-term partnerships to long-running podcasts, May was packed with milestones. We celebrated 10 years with our clients at Naiz,

5 years of Life on Mars, and tackled the biggest

myth in tech: Is AI really killing dev jobs?
(Spoiler: nope, and we’ve got the proof.)

Celebrating 5 years of Life on Mars! 🎉

We’re celebrating the podcast’s anniversary with a very special episode: a compilation of the most raw, honest, and uncomfortable moments from our Spanish-language interviews.
Painful mistakes, tough decisions, unexpected side-projects, and the unspoken truths of the startup world.
If you’re into the real stories behind tech, this one’s for you.

Bonus video

In this episode, our CEO Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit is joined by Ricardo Ghekiere (BetterPic) and Tanya Van Gastel (Multiverse AI) to explore the hard truth about scaling AI products past the demo stage, and what it takes to build something real.

No hype. Just hard truths from people building on the front lines.

10 years with Naiz

This month, part of the MarsBased team visited Naiz, a client we've proudly partnered with for over 10 years.
In an industry where long-term relationships are rare, maintaining a decade-long collaboration is something we don't take for granted.

It’s a reflection of mutual trust, shared growth, and consistent delivery.
We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve built together and excited for what’s still to come.

HappyScribe’s New Website

We partnered with HappyScribe to launch a brand new website, migrating them to Sanity CMS and giving their marketing team full autonomy over content publishing. Built with Tailwind CSS and delivered on time, this redesign is fast, flexible, and future-ready.

Read the full case study

AI is creating MORE jobs

"AI is killing dev jobs" you've probably heard it too. But is that really what's happening?
Most great engineers never relied on job boards anyway.
From referrals to quiet hiring networks,

the real game happens behind the scenes.
Let’s zoom out and look at what’s really shrinking

the job market, and what AI has to do with it.

Read the full post here

What the Martians are into 👽

Every month, our internal Slack fills up with side comments, wild links, and laugh-out-loud moments. Here's a peek at what caught our eye lately, from tech gems to unexpected discoveries:

Why pair programming works so well
Devon Zuegel shared a simple but powerful take: pair programming keeps distractions like social media at bay.
Read the tweet
New Machine Head album drop
Àlex celebrated the release of “UNATØNED” with proper horns-up energy.
Listen on Spotify
The latest product from the Basecamp crew
Jason Fried previewed “Fizzy,” their take on bug tracking. Raw, transparent, and classic Basecamp.
Check it on LinkedIn
The Last of Us podcast
If you're into the HBO series or the game, this official podcast dives deep into each episode with the showrunners and voice actors.
Listen here
Just… use HTML
A hilarious yet painfully true reminder to keep it simple when building for the web.
Visit the site
ryOS: a web-based OS experience
Jordi shared this cool little project that turns your browser into a mini operating system.
Try it here

Want more behind-the-scenes randomness? Stay tuned, Martians are always sharing gold.

Want to know more?

Become a Martian!

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