Martian Chronicles

We’ve spent a few weeks with personal AI assistants that work in the background, connected to the tools we use to run MarsBased. The most useful thing so far: they flag what we didn’t ask them to look for.

Decision models could make AI practical in applications where cost and complexity have kept it out. Here’s what they are and why we’re keeping an eye on them.

AI is making code cheaper and faster to write, but building software that actually works, scales, and stays secure still takes broad expertise and someone accountable for the outcome. Here's how we see the role of development agencies changing in the AI era, and how MarsBased is adapting to it.

We ran Claude Design through its paces by importing one of our client's Figma design systems. The import worked, prompting took a few tries to get right, and the export options left us with some questions.

AI gathers review evidence better than any human, but lacks context. Here’s why human judgment still drives our final performance ratings.

Why multi-repo setups are vital for Claude Code, and their trade-offs.

AI gathers review evidence better than any human, but lacks context. Here’s why human judgment still drives our final performance ratings.

How MarsBased uses Claude and Linear to automate PM workflows, shifting the role from administrative tasks to strategic product thinking.

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.