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Thoughts and ideas on how to build tools, automate workflows and speed-up the workplace.
8 Jira Service Management Alternatives for 2025
Atlassian’s Jira Service Management (JSM) is one of the biggest players in the ISTM space. With extensive customization and configuration on offer, Atlassian have managed to corner a huge portion of the market for IT service management software. However, JSM isn’t necessarily the right choice for every IT department. Rather, there are a few key areas where it shines. For instance, it’s highly integrated with the wider Atlassian ecosystem. Naturally, if you already have their project management, release management, or documentation tools embedded, this can be a real boon.
Ronan McQuillan
Jan 23, 2025
10 best open source low-code platforms (tried and tested)
Low-code and no-code are the latest phenomena to take over our strategy meetings and development chats. These solutions are not new, but the emergence of new technologies and a shift in how we work has accelerated their need within the workplace. The statistics below provide an overview of the scale of the low code market: Forrester states that as much as, 75% of application development uses low-code platforms. Gartner places worldwide low-code market growth at 23% in 2021 According to the market research study published by P&S Intelligence, the global low code market will witness a 31.
Joe Johnston
Jan 5, 2025
8 Filemaker Alternatives & Competitors for 2025
Claris FileMaker Pro is one of the oldest names in the low-code space. Claris is a subsidiary of Apple, so FileMaker was originally conceived as essentially being a Microsoft Access alternative for Mac users. This is an important piece of context because it means that FileMaker started life as an integrated relational database engine and GUI. This remains its core offering, but it’s also evolved to include functionality around building custom interfaces and automations.
Ronan McQuillan
Jan 2, 2025
Â鶹AV 3.0
After months of development, over 3,500 commits, a full documentation overhaul, and three new templates, Â鶹AV 3.0 is finally here. Why Â鶹AV 3.0? This release was inspired by a key insight: Â鶹AV engineers are most productive when configuring data and logic versus designing interfaces. With the 3.0 release, we aimed to create an exceptional data-first experience for building secure workflow applications. We’ve reimagined the process of setting up your data structures, configuring security, and effortlessly generating interfaces.
Jamie Birss, Joe Johnston
Nov 14, 2024
Day 5 - The Future
It’s the final day of our first launch week, and today, we’re going to look into the future of Â鶹AV. It’s been two years since we launched Â鶹AV 2.0. In that time, we’ve launched several game-changing features, including multi-player mode, global bindings, screen templates, and lots more. Now, with the 3.0 launch, we firmly believe our new data-first experience positions Â鶹AV as the best, and most secure platform for building workflow apps.
Michael Shanks, Joe Johnston
Nov 8, 2024
Day 4 - AI
Today, we’re excited to release several new AI features. These latest enhancements will enable you to power your workflows securely with AI. In total, we have four new AI features to demo: AI Configs Â鶹AV AI AI CRON generator AI Column AI Configs With AI Configs, you can connect your LLM to Â鶹AV. Once connected, you can use your LLM to power multiple AI workflows within Â鶹AV and the apps you build.
Martin McKeaveney, Joe Johnston
Nov 7, 2024
Day 3 - Automation branching
Welcome to day three of the Â鶹AV 3.0 Launch Week! Over the past few days, we announced a brand new data experience and Visual RBAC . Today, we’re thrilled to introduce new functionality that will improve everyone’s experience building automations. Automation Branches We’ve introduced Branching to Â鶹AV automations. Use the Branch icon to add a new sub-flow beneath any existing automation trigger or action. We can create as many parallel branches as we like - or even branches within branches.
Dean Hannigan, Ronan McQuillan, Joe Johnston
Nov 6, 2024
Day 2 - Visual RBAC
Welcome back to day 2 of the Â鶹AV 3.0 launch week. Yesterday, we covered the brand-new data experience in Â鶹AV, and today, we’re continuing the excitement with a new and improved RBAC (role-based access control) experience. Managing user permissions is one of the most important aspects of building secure applications. Ensuring that users have the right level of access is crucial for protecting sensitive data and maintaining the integrity of your app.
Andrew Kingston, Jamie Birss
Nov 5, 2024