Why FileMaker Needs a Real Text Standard for Humans, IDEs, and AI Agents I recently gave another presentation about ai2fm.com, .fmscript, and the future of FileMaker development in the age of AI agents. This one was different. The first presentations introduced the idea: yes, we can copy FileMaker scripts out of Script Workspace, work with
From my live presentation on fmTraining.tv I recently had the pleasure — and the pressure — of presenting ai2fm and fmscript.org live on fmTraining.tv with Richard Carlton and Margaret. It was not a polished slide-only presentation. It was a working demonstration. We opened real tools, asked real AI models to write real FileMaker scripts, inspected
For the last three months, I have been warning the Claris ecosystem about a hidden mathematical reality in the transition to AI-assisted coding: The Token Tax. Yesterday, a report from Fortune and Yahoo Finance proved exactly why this matters at an enterprise scale. According to the report, Microsoft has begun actively canceling internal Claude Code licenses for its own engineers.
After the launch of ai2fm.com, developers from 28 countries started using the bridge between FileMaker and AI. This is how we built it — not as one person, not as one machine, but as a coordinated human-AI development system.
Why Your Expertise is Unwatchable: A FileMaker Pedagogy Manifesto Core Thesis: Technical mastery does not authorize pedagogical laziness. In the FileMaker ecosystem, “content” is abundant, but “clarity” is scarce. A teacher’s job is not just to know the answer, but to clear the path for others to find it. 1. The “Bad” Teacher (The Unstructured
A Bridge among two incredible technologies. FileMaker WebDirect is an incredible deployment tool that has revolutionized how we deliver apps. However, one common request we hear from clients is the need for “Rich Text Editing” that also prints perfectly on reports—something that has traditionally been challenging in a web environment. Rather than seeing this as
Gemini Plans, Claude Executes: The “Two-Brain” Workflow If you open X today, you will see hundreds of posts about vibe coding and how everyone is creating crazy tools, dashboards, and even full-production apps making money. All that information can be overwhelming. But don’t sweat. It’s actually quite simple. Here’s what I have personally found to
