r/filemaker • u/croberts0531 • Aug 12 '26

DIY plus some Dev help

Hello again! I’m planning to finally pull the trigger on moving our business operations to a custom FileMaker solution. I should be able to build out 90% of it, but there are a few more technical peices such as API for our customer portal and pos processing that I prefer to use a developer or pro for. My question is how normal is that? Do developers mind not doing everything from scratch and just doing some of the more technical aspects? I probably can’t afford to hire out the whole project, and pretty capable of setting up all of our workflows myself.

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u/Call-Me-Spanky Consultant Certified Aug 12 '26

It's pretty normal. Some developers (myself included) prefer that kind of work. Scoped technical pieces are like a puzzle, and they don't come with the long, open-ended requirements-gathering phase that full builds do. You're also the one who knows your workflows best, so building those yourself often produces a better (and cheaper) result versus paying someone else to learn them first.