Martian Chronicles
Welcome to the MarsBased blog. We write about, technology, web and mobile development, UX, product design, running a business, company culture, remote work, startups, and entrepreneurship.
Betting harder than ever for remote work
MarsBased was founded twelve years ago as a remote-first company not out of convenience, but out of conviction. Long before remote work became mainstream, we deliberately chose to build an officeless company around trust, autonomy, and life balance.
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Always use a .dockerignore in your projects
Did you know that omitting a .dockerignore file can slow down your deployments and compromise your application's security? Often overlooked, this small file is as vital as .gitignore. Discover why we consider it a non-negotiable piece at MarsBased and how it can protect you from accidental data leaks.
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Replacing jQuery with React: a pragmatic migration plan (with real estimates)
Legacy frontends rarely fail loudly. They fail quietly: slower iteration, harder UI changes, more edge-case bugs, and a growing sense that every improvement costs too much. That is usually the moment teams consider moving from a jQuery-heavy UI to a component-based frontend like React.
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AI code agents and Typed Languages
For the first time, types feel like they are working with you instead of against you. Inference, editor support, safer refactors, and clearer APIs made typing feel less like bureaucracy and more like leverage.
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Setting sail with eTech Yachting: Python, IoT, and AI on the high seas
We are delighted to officially welcome eTech Yachting as our newest client at MarsBased.
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Why have we forbidden agentic browsers at MarsBased?
Agentic browsers are untamed. A diamond in the rough. As such, they need polishing before we fully utilise them in a safe way. In the meantime, we are not using them at MarsBased.
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Chosen by our community and our clients, these are some of our best articles.
A new website and four things you should know about MarsBased
We launched a new website to communicate our internal changes. Learn more about MarsBased!
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Some things you can do as a company to give back to your community
Over the course of the six years that we have been operating, we have compiled a few things you can do to give back to your community of startups of choice. By doing so, you will become leaders in the startup scene of your city!
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How I use Docker for Rails development: running services
Project setup can be a very cumbersome process for developers. In this blog post, our developer Dani explains how he uses Docker to develop in Rails
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