Evil Martians

03/18/2025

🔥 Just shipped: Add user presence tracking to your Hotwire apps with a few lines of code! No complex JS—just drop in and let AnyCable (by Evil Martians) do the heavy lifting. See who's online, count active users, and create real-time collaborative experiences!

Learn how to seamlessly integrate online presence tracking into a Rails application powered by Hotwire and AnyCable.

03/12/2025

PostCSS creator Andrey Sitnik has 20+ years of open source experience with multiple success stories. In this new post, he shares practical steps on how to make your open source popular—and why to make open source at all.

With 20+ years and millions of downloads, Andrey Sitnik shares his guide on how to make your open source project popular.

03/04/2025

Stop using GIF for web videos. And did you know that even H264 is not state of the art? Use the AV1 codec and make your videos as small as possible!

Learn to use AV1 to make videos on your website smaller and better quality. CLI instructions and cross-browser tricks.

02/19/2025

We process 50 engineers weekly and make 2+ perfect hires yearly—with no HR team. The secret? Flipping the traditional hiring funnel & prioritizing async steps first. Check our hiring playbook and see a better way to grow your team!

Evil Martians have built a system that finds exceptional engineers while cutting costs and respecting everyone’s time. Read and learn how!

02/18/2025

Learn how to run a fully functional Ruby on Rails blog in your browser with WebAssembly—no servers needed! This is your complete guide to making Rails Wasm-ready.

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.

01/28/2025

Explore three expert (and underutilized) methods to showcase features on landing pages or during launch weeks, enhance engagement, and boost conversions!

Explore three expert (and underutilized) methods to showcase features on landing pages or during launch weeks, enhance engagement, and boost conversions!

01/22/2025

Part 3: we discuss the process of deploying and managing a real-world application on a Kubernetes cluster using the Martian Kubernetes Kit: configuring deployment pipelines, handling secrets, Helm Chart hints, and more configuration insights! ��

In this article, we’ll talk about the process of deploying and managing a real-world application on a Kubernetes cluster using the Martian Kubernetes Kit

01/14/2025

We’ve updated one of our classic posts to add more real-world examples from our work and useful links for 2025! So, read the article and uncover secrets and insights based upon years of Martian work designing interfaces for developer tools.��

What interface design differences exist between commercial software and, creative, developer tools for pros? Let's analyze and find out how to better design tools!

01/10/2025

⤴️ Cool to see our Nano Stores make it into the top 5 state management in Best of JS’s 2024 JavaScript Rising Stars!

A complete overview of the JavaScript landscape in 2024: trends about frontend, fullstack and Node.js frameworks, React and Vue.js ecosystems, build tools, state management...

01/07/2025

Building a dev-facing product and looking to fundraise in 2025? We analyze the top 16 active VCs and investors right now: get the data, see who might be the best fit for your product, and tips on how to effectively connect.

Building a developer-facing product and eyeing a fundraise in 2025? Here are the current active investors and VCs. We analyze the top 16, who might be the best fit for your product, and how to effectively make connections with them.

12/31/2024

On the final day of Railsmas, the ultimate gift to your app: stability. Read all 12 days here. https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/railsmas-on-mars-12-days-of-mandatory-developer-joy-and-challenge -12-silent-night-stable-night