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By this point in January, you are probably analyzing which of your business and personal New Year Resolutions will stick. Some resolutions will become a habit, while others will drop off everyone’s...

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A Sense of Normal

2020 has been a year like no other. As we wrap up the year, I am often asked about my top lesson learned or MainSpring’s take-away for the year. You may think that my response will include the word...

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Why Hire a Virtual CTO?

As you plan for a new year, you may be wondering about the value of a virtual Chief Technology Officer (vCTO). Why hire a vCTO, what assets will they bring to the company, and the cost? Recently, I...

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Reviewing the GetLayoutObjectAttribute Function in FileMaker

This versatile function offers quite a bit of value to any developer’s toolkit. It gives us the ability to interrogate the state of different layout objects (also called introspection) which allows...

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Caching Data to Improve Layout Performance in FileMaker

During agile development in FileMaker, sometimes you may notice an unwanted performance difference after adding a new feature, or display a new field to a layout. In this blog, I’d like to address...

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2020 Lessons Learned During COVID-19

At MainSpring, we are looking back at 2020. I can think of a long list of words to describe an unforgettable year. What started as a booming economy turned into turbulence by March 2020. Our team...

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