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From User Experience to User Interface In Part 1 of this series, we focused on the foundation of great FileMaker solutions: user experience (UX). That post explored how understanding users, mapping real-world workflows, simplifying navigation, and refining dialog messaging all contribute to applications that feel intuitive instead of overwhelming. If you haven’t read it [...]
Designing with the User in Mind Great FileMaker apps don’t happen by accident - they’re designed intentionally around how people actually work. This post is Part 1 of a three-part series on UX & UI Best Practices in FileMaker, where we break down how to design solutions that are intuitive, efficient, and genuinely enjoyable [...]
When used well, Kanban helps teams make better decisions, create cleaner builds, and deliver more predictably on a FileMaker development project. The practices that really matter come into play throughout the different phases of a rollout—from active work like scripts, layouts, and data changes, through testing and client feedback, and finally migrating changes into [...]
Claris FileMaker Pro has forty years of experience as an industry-leading low-code platform. Claris FileMaker Pro continues to stand out as a flexible business platform for organizations that need speed, control, and customization. Many competitors have risen and fallen, but FileMaker, with its mix of flexibility and speed, has withstood the test of time [...]
Looking Ahead: Tools, Systems, and Intentional Growth in the Year Ahead As we close out the year, these 2025 reflections and 2026 goals capture what our team learned, built, and plans to carry forward. From technical advancements to business systems and professional growth, these reflections share a common theme: small, intentional improvements compound into [...]
A real-world case study demonstrating why custom database solutions are game-changers for Excel-dependent organizations The Challenge: When Excel Becomes Your Biggest Bottleneck A major organization's operations director was drowning in spreadsheets. For over two decades, the team had been wrestling with an ever-growing collection of Excel files, manually processing multiple government data sources every [...]
If you’ve been following along with our EOS journey (starting back with Part 1), you know we’ve covered everything from defining our values to rethinking our processes. And now we’ve reached the final (but definitely not easiest) piece: Rocks. Rocks are EOS’s way of helping teams stay focused each quarter. You pick the 3–7 [...]
Surcharge logic is one of those things that always starts simple… and then becomes complicated the moment you support multiple card types, ACH fees, or inclusive calculations. Most systems end up with surcharge rules duplicated across scripts, fields, and UI logic. PaymentSurcharge solves this by providing a single, predictable JSON object that returns both [...]
Managing sales tax in complex environments can be challenging—especially when multiple rates, mixed taxability, and inclusive vs. exclusive pricing all intersect. In real-world systems, these tax rates are often driven by external tax engines to ensure accuracy and compliance. In our Claris FileMaker solutions, we use the TaxJar api to dynamically retrieve the correct [...]
Part 5 of Our EOS Journey When we first started building out our internal processes a few years ago, we had the help of the wonderful Susan Fennema at Beyond the Chaos. She gave us a great foundation for documenting how we do what we do—and that foundation served us well for quite a [...]