Real-Time AI Without the Cloud: Local LLMs & FileMaker

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At Claris Engage 2025, our very own Xandon Frogget hosted a session on Leveraging Local LLMs. In order to bring this information to as many people …

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We Asked Gemini About Ourselves

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Perhaps this post is our easiest article ever. Remember when you’d Google yourself to see what came up? And how the prevailing wisdom became, “Don’t…

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The Importance of Test Data in FileMaker Solutions and FM-Backed Web Apps

Your data is valuable and protecting it is vital in terms of legal obligations, your business reputation, competitive advantage, and more. The …

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Keeping You Up-To-Date: FileMaker DevCast, SXSW, SMTP to OAuth

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There’s always a lot happening in the Claris FileMaker world and we like to stay in touch with what’s going on. Here are three recent tidbits that …

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Finding the Creative Synthesis of SXSW, AI and FileMaker

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This March I had the opportunity to attend SXSW Interactive, one of the premiere gatherings for creatives, technologists, and business leaders. It’s…

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Grateful for the Uniquely Great Ecosystem of Pause 2023

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Portage Bay sent three people from our team to the annual Pause ‘unconference’ for FileMaker developers. What did we see and learn this fall? Each …

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