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Five years of articles, talks, and documentation covering real implementation challenges, performance optimizations, and lessons learned from production systems. No theory, just what actually works.

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Stop Buying AI. Start Running Kaizen With It. Most firms bolt AI onto one process and move on. The case for running it as the continuous-improvement system itself.
June 2026 · 7 min read
Coding FileMaker with LLMs: My Current Thinking A practitioner's survey of the four current techniques for building FileMaker apps with LLMs: where each works and where it breaks down.
May 2026 · 6 min read
What the LiteLLM Attack Taught Us: Hardening Our Python Supply Chain Hardening a Python supply chain mid-release: hash-verified lockfiles, no source distributions, continuous vulnerability scanning.
March 2026 · 6 min read
On Device AI with Apple Foundation Models Small, fast, on-device inference in FileMaker with Apple Foundation Models on Mac and iOS.
October 2025 · 3 min read
FileMaker 2025: Five Features That Change Everything Five platform features that eliminate entire layers of complexity, and what they mean for your AI strategy.
July 2025 · 8 min read
Naming Things in FileMaker Why naming conventions matter all over again in the AI-agent era: building FileMaker systems that agents can navigate.
December 2024 · 3 min read
Deep Dive: FileMaker 2024's Semantic Search Feature A practical introduction to AI-powered semantic search in FileMaker: embeddings, AI accounts, and searches with just four script steps, all with working code.
June 2024 · 16 min read
Understanding FileMaker's OnWindowTransaction Script Trigger Real-time replication from FileMaker to SQLite through a Python API, built on the OnWindowTransaction trigger.
October 2023 · 4 min read
Real-Time FileMaker Log Management with Node-RED and RabbitMQ FileMaker Server logs in a message queue for real-time monitoring and notifications.
August 2021 · 4 min read
FileMaker and CoreML: Working with Images ML predictions on images with three lines of code: integrating AI into FileMaker back in 2020, before it was trendy.
July 2020 · 5 min read

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Talks & Videos

We share proven AI+FileMaker strategies at international conferences, covering practical implementation patterns, architectural decisions, and lessons from production systems.

Upcoming EngageU Malmö, Sweden · September 2026
EngageU — Antwerp, Belgium · November 2025 A Framework for Selecting High Impact AI Use Cases
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Claris Engage — Austin, Texas · March 2025 Best Practices for Semantic Search in FileMaker
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Claris European HQ — London · February 2025
FMBug Online User Group — Virtual · January 2025
EngageU — Malmö, Sweden · November 2024 RAG and LLM Tools in FileMaker
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FileMaker Week — Rome, Italy · October 2024
Claris European HQ — London · August 2024
dotfmp — Berlin, Germany · June 2024
EngageU — Antwerp, Belgium · November 2023 Integrating FileMaker with LLMs
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EngageU — Malmö, Sweden · November 2022 OpenAPI and FileMaker
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Interviews & Media

Matt Navarre's YouTube channel Discussing AI Agents
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Matt Navarre's YouTube channel Transcribr + Agentic Development of FileMaker
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Claris Community Live · 2024 What You Can Do with Semantic Search
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Claris AI Hosting White Paper

We were one of several contributors to the official Claris white paper on AI hosting architecture: the definitive technical guide used by FileMaker professionals worldwide for understanding AI deployment options, security considerations, and infrastructure decisions. If you're thinking of running your own AI server for FileMaker, this is the document.

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