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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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Architecture

Containing technical debt: Data virtualisation

External data can sometimes remain in its source while Salesforce presents it at the point of work. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Architecture

Containing technical debt: Transaction boundaries

Cross-system work cannot rely on one database transaction to guarantee an all-or-nothing outcome. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Architecture

Containing technical debt: Idempotent integrations

A request may be delivered more than once; a dependable receiver must make repetition safe. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Architecture

Containing technical debt: Error recovery

Failure handling is part of the business process, not a technical appendix added after the happy path. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Architecture

Containing technical debt: 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 how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Architecture

Containing technical debt: Customer identity across systems

Identity resolution is the foundation of a coherent customer view across Salesforce and connected platforms. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Architecture

Containing technical debt: 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 how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Architecture

Containing technical debt: Event-driven Salesforce

Events allow systems to announce meaningful change without controlling every downstream reaction. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Containing technical debt: 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 how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Architecture

Containing technical debt: Integration ownership

Every integration needs an explicit owner for its business contract, data meaning and operational health. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: Integration observability

A connected process needs end-to-end visibility across platform and team boundaries. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: Platform limits as architecture

Governor limits encourage efficient multi-tenant design and must influence architecture from the beginning. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: 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 operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: Transaction boundaries

Cross-system work cannot rely on one database transaction to guarantee an all-or-nothing outcome. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: Idempotent integrations

A request may be delivered more than once; a dependable receiver must make repetition safe. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: 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 operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: 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 operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: 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 operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: 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 operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: Event-driven Salesforce

Events allow systems to announce meaningful change without controlling every downstream reaction. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: 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 operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Measuring what matters: Integration ownership

Every integration needs an explicit owner for its business contract, data meaning and operational health. This retrospective daily note considers the operational evidence that shows whether the design is creating value.

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Architecture

Recognising the anti-pattern: Integration observability

A connected process needs end-to-end visibility across platform and team boundaries. This retrospective daily note considers the early signs that a convenient implementation is becoming long-term risk.

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Architecture

Recognising the anti-pattern: Platform limits as architecture

Governor limits encourage efficient multi-tenant design and must influence architecture from the beginning. This retrospective daily note considers the early signs that a convenient implementation is becoming long-term risk.

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