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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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Development

The decision before the tool: Bulk-safe code

Salesforce transactions may process many records even when the original change appears singular. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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The decision before the tool: Selective SOQL

Query design must reflect data distribution and access paths, not only functional correctness. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Development

The decision before the tool: Lightning component boundaries

A Lightning Web Component should own a coherent interaction rather than accumulate an entire business process. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Development

The decision before the tool: Asynchronous Apex

Queueable, batch and scheduled work solve different execution and scale requirements. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Development

The decision before the tool: Trigger discipline

Triggers should coordinate record-change behaviour without becoming a hidden application framework. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Development

The decision before the tool: Apex service layers

A service layer gives business operations a stable home outside triggers, controllers and transport-specific code. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: Integration observability

A connected process needs end-to-end visibility across platform and team boundaries. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: Platform limits as architecture

Governor limits encourage efficient multi-tenant design and must influence architecture from the beginning. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: Data virtualisation

External data can sometimes remain in its source while Salesforce presents it at the point of work. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: Transaction boundaries

Cross-system work cannot rely on one database transaction to guarantee an all-or-nothing outcome. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: Idempotent integrations

A request may be delivered more than once; a dependable receiver must make repetition safe. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: Error recovery

Failure handling is part of the business process, not a technical appendix added after the happy path. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: API boundaries

An API should expose a stable business capability rather than mirror a database or a single user interface. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: Customer identity across systems

Identity resolution is the foundation of a coherent customer view across Salesforce and connected platforms. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: Master data decisions

A connected estate needs a clear answer to which system is authoritative for each important business fact. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: Event-driven Salesforce

Events allow systems to announce meaningful change without controlling every downstream reaction. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: Synchronous or asynchronous

Timing is an architectural decision: a process should wait only when the immediate response genuinely changes the next action. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Architecture

The decision before the tool: Integration ownership

Every integration needs an explicit owner for its business contract, data meaning and operational health. This retrospective daily note considers the business decision that must be clear before choosing a Salesforce feature.

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Platform Operations

Designing for scale: Backup and recovery

Data protection requires tested recovery objectives, not only confidence that a backup exists. This retrospective daily note considers how the decision behaves when volume, users and connected systems grow.

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Platform Operations

Designing for scale: Deployment observability

Delivery metrics should show whether change is becoming safer and faster, not merely count deployments. This retrospective daily note considers how the decision behaves when volume, users and connected systems grow.

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Platform Operations

Designing for scale: Environment strategy

Each Salesforce environment should have a clear purpose, data posture and refresh rhythm. This retrospective daily note considers how the decision behaves when volume, users and connected systems grow.

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Platform Operations

Designing for scale: 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 the decision behaves when volume, users and connected systems grow.

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Platform Operations

Designing for scale: Flow governance

Flow makes automation accessible, which increases the need for shared design and lifecycle standards. This retrospective daily note considers how the decision behaves when volume, users and connected systems grow.

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Platform Operations

Designing for scale: Permission-set strategy

A scalable access model grants capability through composable permission sets rather than profile sprawl. This retrospective daily note considers how the decision behaves when volume, users and connected systems grow.

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