In the last 18 months, AI-assisted tools have made it trivial to generate a working application from a text prompt. Full-stack prototypes that once took weeks now take minutes. The economics of custom software development have permanently changed.
However, generating an application and running one in a real business are two very different problems. The code still needs to be deployed, secured, permissioned, backed up, and maintained across the devices your organization actually uses. It needs someone who understands the data, the workflows, the users, and the stakes. Someone who can define the right problem before solving it and can ensure the result actually works when it matters.
This isn't a new idea for the Claris Community. FileMaker developers have been working this way for decades. The role was never to write every line of code. It's to be the designer and orchestrator of solutions, understanding the business deeply enough to translate its needs into software that holds up under real conditions.
When code is abundant, the people who understand context become the scarcest resource. That resource is this community.
Every company in this space is rethinking how it builds and delivers software, and we're no different. Our products will evolve. How we deliver them will evolve. But our purpose remains the same: Take the most powerful technologies available and make them usable by the people closest to the problem. AI makes that purpose more achievable than it has ever been.
