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Insights, product updates, and automotive software news.

St. Clair Dev
October 21, 2026
Introducing Asset Logging: a home inventory built for insurance claims
Most home inventories are never finished, and a list of item names would not satisfy an adjuster anyway. Asset Logging c…
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St. Clair Dev
October 12, 2026
How long should reconditioning take?
Most dealers quote a recon number they have never actually measured. Here is what a realistic time to line looks like, w…
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St. Clair Dev
October 5, 2026
California meal break rules for dealership employees
A plain summary of California meal and rest break requirements as they apply to dealership staff, what a missed break ac…
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St. Clair Dev
September 29, 2026
What to look for in a dealership timeclock
Most timeclock software is built for a generic office. A dealership has departments, per employee overtime thresholds, a…
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St. Clair Dev
September 15, 2026
Why paper sign-in sheets fail licensing audits
A clipboard by the door records a claim that someone signed in. It does not record who was actually there, or when. For …
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St. Clair Dev
September 10, 2026
Recon bottlenecks that cost you frontline days
The delays that stretch a recon cycle are rarely technician speed. They are handoffs: approvals, parts, sublet and photo…
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St. Clair Dev
July 6, 2026
CHP Incidents: a live, scannable view of California traffic
A near real-time look at California Highway Patrol traffic incidents — collisions, hazards, and closures statewide, filt…
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St. Clair Dev
June 25, 2026
How we build web applications that people actually use
Plenty of software works and still goes unused. Here is how we approach web development at St. Clair Dev so what we buil…
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St. Clair Dev
April 15, 2026
The Dealership Software Landscape Is Changing — Here's What to Pay Attention To
Big DMS vendors have had dealerships locked in for decades. That's starting to shift — and the dealers paying attention …
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