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Another AI-revised version of the photo of John, Joe, and Xandon at Claris Engage 2025. The rendition has them looking like middle-aged men in the 1970s

Our Takeaways from Claris Engage 2025

Joe, John, and Xandon were able to attend Claris Engage this week, at the Apple campus in Austin. They recorded a FileMaker DevCast session while still in the capital of Texas, to recap some of their observations and experiences about the latest news and trends in the FileMaker ecosystem. 

AI remains a prominent topic both at the conference and in our discussion, along with thoughts about LLMs, DevOps, Claris Studio, the Apple campus, and cheese.

Jump on in and listen to hear more of the details.

The Texas flag waving in the wind.

Travel Tips When Visting Austin, Texas, for Claris Engage 2025

It’s that time of year again! Claris Engage 2025 is up this week and will once again take place at the Apple campus in Austin, Texas. Our team had a fantastic time at last year’s conference, with many of us meeting in person for the first time. We’re excited to return and connect with the Claris community once more!

Group photo of the Portage Bay Solutions team at Claris Engage 2024

Claris Engage Recap + DevCast with Special Guest, Clay Maeckel

During the Claris Engage conference in February, Clay Maeckel, Chief Software Architect at Claris, graciously shared some of his time with us as a guest on our podcast, for Episode 13 the FileMaker DevCast.

In the first part of the podcast, our citizen developer host, Dan Smiley, and Clay discuss a variety of areas. Then the podcast wraps up with our team sharing post-conference takeaways, insights, and favorite moments. 

Expand Your Knowledge Through The FileMaker DevCast And FileMaker FixIt!

As we move into another new year, we’d like to let you know that 2023 will see the launch of our very own podcast – the FileMaker DevCast, about everything FileMaker. We’re putting the final touches on the first couple of episodes and more details will be available soon online at our website and on social media. We also invite you to join us in Zoom twice a month for FileMaker FixIt! for FREE help with YOUR FileMaker issues. This open meeting is hosted by one of our expert Claris FileMaker developers, who is available to answer your questions. And lastly, read further to enjoy a fun glimpse into each of our home offices. (Wait until you see Andy’s monitor!) Thank you for following along with our blog posts. We wish you all a very Happy New Year!

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