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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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Development

Failure-first thinking: Bulk-safe code

Salesforce transactions may process many records even when the original change appears singular. This retrospective daily note considers what happens when dependencies, data or assumptions fail.

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Failure-first thinking: Selective SOQL

Query design must reflect data distribution and access paths, not only functional correctness. This retrospective daily note considers what happens when dependencies, data or assumptions fail.

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Failure-first thinking: Lightning component boundaries

A Lightning Web Component should own a coherent interaction rather than accumulate an entire business process. This retrospective daily note considers what happens when dependencies, data or assumptions fail.

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Failure-first thinking: Asynchronous Apex

Queueable, batch and scheduled work solve different execution and scale requirements. This retrospective daily note considers what happens when dependencies, data or assumptions fail.

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Failure-first thinking: Trigger discipline

Triggers should coordinate record-change behaviour without becoming a hidden application framework. This retrospective daily note considers what happens when dependencies, data or assumptions fail.

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Failure-first thinking: Apex service layers

A service layer gives business operations a stable home outside triggers, controllers and transport-specific code. This retrospective daily note considers what happens when dependencies, data or assumptions fail.

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