Evil Martians
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We’ve got articles for junior and experienced developers, case studies for startup founders and managers, and thorough technical deep dives into unexpected terrain. No matter where you’re coming from, you’re certain to gain some insight here, whether it’s more practical, or something that really takes you for a ride.
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Weeks → days: a case for expert-led, AI-driven design engineering
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While working on a project highlighting a decade of investments in AI products, I recorded how often I used LLMs. Once done, I reread my notes and was shocked—my tech knowledge, multiplied by AI, helped compress weeks of work into a few days.
2日前
A Tea Break: building sfruby.com with Bolt.new
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How we used Bolt.new and AI to launch sfruby.com in days, building a cool and high-converting site for SF Ruby Conf with Astro, OKLCH, and some Martian flair.
10日前
How AI startups use changelogs to win developer trust
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The AI era demands speed—and smarter changelogs! Whether you're building agents or full-stack AI, use changelogs to get people interested and invested in your progress, build in public, and tell your story.
15日前
Exploring the OKLCH ecosystem and its tools
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Explore a powerful set of tools built around the OKLCH color model—Harmonizer for accessible palettes, Polychrom for Figma contrast checking, apcach for color contrast calculations, and more. Perfect for frontend developers and designers building consistent, modern UIs.
22日前
How Recraft's lean team is challenging the AI image generation giants
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Conventional thinking says only tech giants with massive resources can compete in AI image generation. But startup Recraft is proving this wrong, carving out big market share with a small team and strategic thinking.
1ヶ月前
Demo app design for Medplum, open source healthcare developer platform
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What began as a request to add templating capabilities to a demo app evolved into something much more valuable: a reimagining of Medplum's product strategy.
1ヶ月前
GMI Cloud meets Webflow and speeds ahead in the AI compute race
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Evil Martians partnered with GMI Cloud to design and launch a high-performance, Webflow-powered website in just 3.5 weeks—blending fast execution, cutting-edge 3D visuals, and analytics-ready conversion flows to help this $82M-funded AI startup win the GPU compute race.
2ヶ月前
Rails, hacking, and Stripe as a scoreboard: Marc Köhlbrugge’s playbook
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Marc Köhlbrugge on hacking, building startups, shipping early, why Rails powers his experiments—and his wish for the Ruby ecosystem.
2ヶ月前
UI for Quotient AI: the developer tool for prompt engineers
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We designed a playground for prompt engineers—and this is how we helped Quotient AI build this developer-first interface for evaluating LLMs. We implemented a complete and structured platform built from scratch, with a clear user flow and intuitive experience.
2ヶ月前
Making desktop apps with revved-up potential: Rust + Tauri + sidecar
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Real experience using the Tauri framework to build a desktop app with a sidecar running in the background; this may be a program written in any language and can be used to surpass the framework possibilities of Tauri!
2ヶ月前
Let there be docs! Generating an OpenAPI schema across the Rails stack
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When can an implementation-first approach to documentation be preferred over documentation-first? Find the answer, and see how to do it with an existing application by leveraging some tools in some unexpected ways (including Martian ones!) Plus, AI-assisted migration tips.
2ヶ月前
Attention: An Important Brand Update From The Evil Martians Blog
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Has the quest for a definitive visual identity for the Evil Martians blog finally ended?
3ヶ月前
Hey developer tool teams, don’t copy these copywriting clichés!
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Avoid common dev tool copywriting problems. Learn to spot errors, improve clarity, market better, and come up with messages that stick.
3ヶ月前
Simple Declarative Presence for Hotwire apps with AnyCable
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Learn how to seamlessly integrate online presence tracking into a Rails application powered by Hotwire and AnyCable.
3ヶ月前
PostCSS creator shares how to make your open source popular
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With 20+ years and millions of downloads, PostCSS creator Andrey Sitnik shares his guide on how to make your open source project popular.
3ヶ月前
How to kill conversions on your developer tool's landing page
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Over the years, we've identified several excellent ways to kill landing page conversions. If you're interested in repeating (or learning from) our mistakes, we've decided to share!
3ヶ月前
How to make web videos way smaller in 2025 using the AV1 codec
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Learn to use AV1 to make videos on your website smaller and better quality. CLI instructions and cross-browser tricks.
4ヶ月前
How Doximity brought real-time Go power to their Rails app
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We helped Doximity, an online platform for medical professionals get maximum productivity for user calls. That involved keeping their investment in Rails but adding the real-time performance benefits of Go.
4ヶ月前
Hire better, 10X faster: how we screen 50 engineers weekly with no HR
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Evil Martians have built a system that finds exceptional engineers while cutting costs and respecting everyone’s time. Read and learn how!
4ヶ月前
Ruby on Rails on WebAssembly: a guide to full-stack in‑browser action
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Learn how to run a fully functional Ruby on Rails blog in your browser using WebAssembly—no servers needed; a complete guide to making Rails Wasm-ready.
4ヶ月前