Episode 22: Our Takeaways from Claris Engage 2025

About this episode

The episode recaps observations and experiences from Claris Engage 2025, discussing trends in the FileMaker ecosystem.

Joe, John, and Xandon were able to attend Claris Engage this week, at the Apple campus in Austin. They recorded a 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. Dan Smiley joined as our ever-illustrious host, along with a few more of our Portage Bay staff - Mike Ross, and our newest developers, Evan and Jillian. 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 more of the details. #Claris #FileMaker #DevCast #PortageBay #podcast #devs

People in this episode

Host: Dan Smiley

Guests: Joe, John, Xandon

Topics covered

• Claris Engage
• FileMaker ecosystem
• AI
• LLMs
• DevOps
• Claris Studio
• conference recap

Keywords

• Claris
• FileMaker
• AI
• DevOps
• Claris Studio
• conference
• Austin
• LLMs
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Claris, FileMaker

Places: Apple campus, Austin

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