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Salesforce daily archive

730 days of practical thinking.

One retrospective note for every day from 2 September 2024 to 1 September 2026.

Archive dates organise the subject history. They do not claim the notes were originally published on those dates.

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Platform Operations

Measuring what matters: Backup and recovery

Data protection requires tested recovery objectives, not only confidence that a backup exists. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Platform Operations

Measuring what matters: Deployment observability

Delivery metrics should show whether change is becoming safer and faster, not merely count deployments. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Platform Operations

Measuring what matters: Environment strategy

Each Salesforce environment should have a clear purpose, data posture and refresh rhythm. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Platform Operations

Measuring what matters: Data-quality ownership

Data quality is an operating responsibility supported by technology, not a cleanup project owned only by administrators. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Platform Operations

Measuring what matters: Flow governance

Flow makes automation accessible, which increases the need for shared design and lifecycle standards. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Platform Operations

Measuring what matters: Permission-set strategy

A scalable access model grants capability through composable permission sets rather than profile sprawl. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Platform Operations

Recognising the anti-pattern: Backup and recovery

Data protection requires tested recovery objectives, not only confidence that a backup exists. This retrospective daily note considers the early signs that a convenient implementation is becoming long-term risk.

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Platform Operations

Recognising the anti-pattern: Deployment observability

Delivery metrics should show whether change is becoming safer and faster, not merely count deployments. This retrospective daily note considers the early signs that a convenient implementation is becoming long-term risk.

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Platform Operations

Recognising the anti-pattern: Environment strategy

Each Salesforce environment should have a clear purpose, data posture and refresh rhythm. This retrospective daily note considers the early signs that a convenient implementation is becoming long-term risk.

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Platform Operations

Recognising the anti-pattern: Data-quality ownership

Data quality is an operating responsibility supported by technology, not a cleanup project owned only by administrators. This retrospective daily note considers the early signs that a convenient implementation is becoming long-term risk.

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Platform Operations

Recognising the anti-pattern: Flow governance

Flow makes automation accessible, which increases the need for shared design and lifecycle standards. This retrospective daily note considers the early signs that a convenient implementation is becoming long-term risk.

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Platform Operations

Recognising the anti-pattern: Permission-set strategy

A scalable access model grants capability through composable permission sets rather than profile sprawl. This retrospective daily note considers the early signs that a convenient implementation is becoming long-term risk.

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Platform Operations

Making team hand-offs work: Backup and recovery

Data protection requires tested recovery objectives, not only confidence that a backup exists. This retrospective daily note considers the ownership and information needed when work crosses team boundaries.

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Platform Operations

Making team hand-offs work: Deployment observability

Delivery metrics should show whether change is becoming safer and faster, not merely count deployments. This retrospective daily note considers the ownership and information needed when work crosses team boundaries.

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Platform Operations

Making team hand-offs work: Environment strategy

Each Salesforce environment should have a clear purpose, data posture and refresh rhythm. This retrospective daily note considers the ownership and information needed when work crosses team boundaries.

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Platform Operations

Making team hand-offs work: Data-quality ownership

Data quality is an operating responsibility supported by technology, not a cleanup project owned only by administrators. This retrospective daily note considers the ownership and information needed when work crosses team boundaries.

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Platform Operations

Making team hand-offs work: Flow governance

Flow makes automation accessible, which increases the need for shared design and lifecycle standards. This retrospective daily note considers the ownership and information needed when work crosses team boundaries.

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Platform Operations

Making team hand-offs work: Permission-set strategy

A scalable access model grants capability through composable permission sets rather than profile sprawl. This retrospective daily note considers the ownership and information needed when work crosses team boundaries.

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Platform Operations

Governance without gridlock: Backup and recovery

Data protection requires tested recovery objectives, not only confidence that a backup exists. This retrospective daily note considers how to create control without slowing every useful change.

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Platform Operations

Governance without gridlock: Deployment observability

Delivery metrics should show whether change is becoming safer and faster, not merely count deployments. This retrospective daily note considers how to create control without slowing every useful change.

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Platform Operations

Governance without gridlock: Environment strategy

Each Salesforce environment should have a clear purpose, data posture and refresh rhythm. This retrospective daily note considers how to create control without slowing every useful change.

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Platform Operations

Governance without gridlock: Data-quality ownership

Data quality is an operating responsibility supported by technology, not a cleanup project owned only by administrators. This retrospective daily note considers how to create control without slowing every useful change.

Read daily note
Platform Operations

Governance without gridlock: Flow governance

Flow makes automation accessible, which increases the need for shared design and lifecycle standards. This retrospective daily note considers how to create control without slowing every useful change.

Read daily note
Platform Operations

Governance without gridlock: Permission-set strategy

A scalable access model grants capability through composable permission sets rather than profile sprawl. This retrospective daily note considers how to create control without slowing every useful change.

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