March PDX Meeting - FM + AI, FMS Monitoring, Push Notifications

Developers in the Portland Metro area, join us for an in-person meetup, meeting at the Stahancyk, Kent & Hook office in the city. Free parking is available.

• Connect with other professionals.
• Ask and answer questions.
• Learn something new.
• Share something interesting you have been coding.
• Enjoy a slice of pizza and a beverage (provided).

Part 1: Marcus Swift will be presenting on AI.
We will start with an open floor discussion where members can discuss likes, dislikes, concerns and stumbling blocks. As time permits, we will explore practical applications of AI in FileMaker. Questions to consider:

• AI is a toy and the hype will pass. Do you agree or not? Why
• AI seems cool but is it practical? How can I use it as a Developer? How can it benefit my customers today?
• AI is not ready for prime time - or is it?

Practical use cases we can demo and explore:

• From within FileMaker, how do it:
• Chat with an AI
• Get the AI to provide value to the user
• Query my own documents and provide insight

Part 2: Threeprong will be will be presenting on FMS Monitoring and Push Notifications
What is your server up to? Learn some new unix command line tools. See demos related to server automation, monitoring, and a vendor product showcase. All with standardized tools (no FMS Admin API):

• Add several command line monitoring tools to your quiver that can be performed on MacOS and Ubuntu FileMaker Servers.
• Demo a python script to automatically collect these same details to a Zabbix server.
• Add custom alarms and push notifications via Pushover app.
• Expand pushover notifications to be sent directly from shell, cron or FileMaker scripts.

5:30 PM Doors open - Pizza - Networking
6:00 PM Meeting begins

About our first presenter:
Marcus started in the medical field and as so many of us developers grew into a passionate FileMaker user, coder and then professional developer. He is not a super star developer, does not have extra special coding skills and is no more important than any other skilled filemaker developer - like you. He is happy to share his thoughts, spark ideas and grow together in community. He is a husband, father and chicken whisperer. When not coding he can be found dreaming about tech on the golf course.