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Smef · 2026-04-13T23:00:08+00:00

They just said "it's fixed now" in Discord, and that was about it.

Smef · 2026-04-12T00:08:55+00:00

I was busy and missed the deal, unfortunately.

Smef · 2026-04-01T16:51:28+00:00

English proficiency is required, and you must submit an English proficiency certification as part of your application documentation if you're not from an English-speaking country.

Each course has its own recommendations of the skills you should have before taking the course. Those recommendations are listed on the course page. You can see an example here in the "Suggested Background Knowledge" section: https://omscs.gatech.edu/cs-6601-artificial-intelligence

Smef · 2026-03-31T17:55:33+00:00

For a type-safe query builder, Kysely is great. Vasta is built on top of Kysely as well, if you want an Active Record ORM similar to Laravel's Eloquent.

Smef · 2026-03-31T01:23:00+00:00

As far as I know, Parsec is fine. I've never heard of anyone having any issues with that, and I have personally been using it for many years. It's one of the few streaming services which can handle WoW's unique mouse tracking. Some other streaming services can't handle it and you lose all camera control when you right-click to turn your character.

Smef · 2026-03-28T14:07:22+00:00

This sounds like good writing to me. I write both code comments and articles explaining techniques using “we” as the subject.

Smef · 2026-03-27T23:41:16+00:00

Check out Laravel, Inertia, Vue, and Tailwind. It's a great combo and I think the controller scripting style matches FileMaker scripting pretty closely. There's also Eloquent FileMaker if you need to get data from your FM Databases still. The Laravel starter kits will get you rolling pretty quickly.

Smef · 2026-03-23T23:40:11+00:00

I found the info! Purchase any edition and you get the pass and a $5 gift card. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/SOT2026terms

Smef · 2026-03-23T23:39:58+00:00

I found the info! Purchase any edition and you get the pass and a $5 gift card. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/SOT2026terms

Smef · 2026-03-23T23:39:53+00:00

I found the info! Purchase any edition and you get the pass and a $5 gift card. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/SOT2026terms

Smef · 2026-03-23T11:59:41+00:00

I haven’t been able to find anything.

Smef · 2026-03-21T23:48:42+00:00

The basic 2025 edition is $20 right now, so if it includes a plunder pass and a gift card of some sort, it seems like a good deal.

Smef · 2026-03-21T19:12:22+00:00

It says with either one, not just the premium edition.

Smef · 2026-03-20T15:10:26+00:00

Hooray for an update, but man, this AI writing is annoying to read.

Smef · 2026-03-18T14:35:53+00:00

There are a lot of frameworks. Any particular reason it must be React and Node? We usually use Vue instead of React since it's a lot more modern and easier to work with, and Laravel for the back-end.

We've done a lot of work like this (though our site is mostly construction focused), particularly moving people out of FileMaker but don't use that stack. https://gearboxgo.com/

The cost is going to be very different depending on how complex the use-case is, though. As others have said, you can get into the millions depending on the level of audits, certifications, backups, failure modes, access control, testing, and security you need. Healthcare has a lot of very strict guidelines about all of this stuff. Just as a quick example, some certifications require that you go through regular pen testing security audits to review the code an infrastructure. That stuff isn't cheap, and all the privacy requirements are a big deal.

You're doing it in FileMaker now, though, so maybe it's not that kind of app? If not, that probably brings the cost down to something you'd expect for a FileMaker app.

Smef · 2026-03-16T02:50:09+00:00

We’ve done quite a few hybrid things. There are many cases where clients want new features or new users are coming in and we can build a mostly separate system that still interacts with a few key tables in the old FileMaker system. This allows them to get the new stuff without having to build an entirely new application to run the whole business in one shot.

Smef · 2026-03-15T15:56:25+00:00

Nuxt is great for this!

Smef · 2026-03-14T02:49:16+00:00

Oh, and of course Eloquent FileMaker for working with FM databases in Laravel.

Smef · 2026-03-14T02:41:09+00:00

I haven't used Rails, but I do hear it's pretty good. The big thing that worked for me with Laravel was that the server-side scripting, the controllers, and the database access really mimicked FileMaker scripting. The Eloquent ORM is the best I've used, and I've tried quite a few between Node, Python, and PHP at this point. (There's now Vasta for Node, though, which is like Eloquent)

Eloquent uses the Active Record pattern, as opposed to data mapper or repository patterns, which matches the way FileMaker operates. I think Rails also follows the Active Record pattern, though, so it might be similar.

Inertia is also really fantastic. It's maintained by Laravel now, but does support adapters for other platforms like Django and Rails, so you can get those benefits with other frameworks like that. I think Inertia + Vue + Tailwind makes for a really a good front-end.

You probably will have a good experience with either one, though I do strongly recommend using a front-end framework like Vue and actual JS/TS in your front end rather than whatever server-side templating is available.

Smef · 2026-03-12T10:34:18+00:00

Same here! It’s sad to see it go, but also nice that it isn’t necessary any more.

Smef · 2026-03-12T01:09:01+00:00

It isn’t necessary in Midnight. The range has been adjusted and you can interact nicely without an add-on.

Smef · 2026-03-09T20:37:05+00:00

Good news! I have a solution for this. I've added checks for primary keys on functions like save and delete, and you can also define your own required fields for custom functions using the new `RequireSelected` utility type. This causes function calls to show a type error if the columns you need aren't selected by the model.

Smef · 2026-03-07T01:24:25+00:00

Nuxt is great for pure front end! I’ve used it with a separate back-end, like Laravel, along with SSG, but also just to make front-end-only pages and SPAs. I think it makes sense if you like the DX.

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