Martian Engineering Blog https://martian.engineering/blog Insights on software engineering, tools, and technology from Martian Engineering. en Sun, 16 Aug 2026 20:40:22 GMT Building at the Speed of Thought https://martian.engineering/blog/building-at-the-speed-of-thought How delegating to an on-device AI changed my build cadence and turned a weekend into a shipped product. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Josh Lehman https://martian.engineering/blog/building-at-the-speed-of-thought Self-Custody Genealogy: How AI Unlocked 20 Years of Family History https://martian.engineering/blog/self-custody-genealogy Using Claude Code to digitize decades of genealogy research, escape Ancestry.com's data silos, and discover a family legend that fits a century-old pattern of American wilderness mysteries. Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Eric Helal https://martian.engineering/blog/self-custody-genealogy Announcing Pebbles https://martian.engineering/blog/announcing-pebbles A simpler alternative to beads. Same great workflow, two orders of magnitude less complexity. Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Josh Lehman https://martian.engineering/blog/announcing-pebbles