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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

Adoption is architecture: 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 the user experience and operating model determine whether the capability is used.

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Architecture

Adoption is architecture: 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 the user experience and operating model determine whether the capability is used.

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Architecture

Adoption is architecture: 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 the user experience and operating model determine whether the capability is used.

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Architecture

Adoption is architecture: Event-driven Salesforce

Events allow systems to announce meaningful change without controlling every downstream reaction. This retrospective daily note considers how the user experience and operating model determine whether the capability is used.

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Adoption is architecture: 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 the user experience and operating model determine whether the capability is used.

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Adoption is architecture: Integration ownership

Every integration needs an explicit owner for its business contract, data meaning and operational health. This retrospective daily note considers how the user experience and operating model determine whether the capability is used.

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Architecture

Designing for maintainability: Integration observability

A connected process needs end-to-end visibility across platform and team boundaries. This retrospective daily note considers how another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Designing for maintainability: Platform limits as architecture

Governor limits encourage efficient multi-tenant design and must influence architecture from the beginning. This retrospective daily note considers how another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Architecture

Designing for maintainability: 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 another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Designing for maintainability: Transaction boundaries

Cross-system work cannot rely on one database transaction to guarantee an all-or-nothing outcome. This retrospective daily note considers how another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Architecture

Designing for maintainability: Idempotent integrations

A request may be delivered more than once; a dependable receiver must make repetition safe. This retrospective daily note considers how another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Architecture

Designing for maintainability: 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 another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Architecture

Designing for maintainability: 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 another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Architecture

Designing for maintainability: 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 another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Architecture

Designing for maintainability: 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 another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Architecture

Designing for maintainability: Event-driven Salesforce

Events allow systems to announce meaningful change without controlling every downstream reaction. This retrospective daily note considers how another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Architecture

Designing for maintainability: 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 another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Architecture

Designing for maintainability: Integration ownership

Every integration needs an explicit owner for its business contract, data meaning and operational health. This retrospective daily note considers how another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Architecture

The cost of complexity: Integration observability

A connected process needs end-to-end visibility across platform and team boundaries. This retrospective daily note considers where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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Architecture

The cost of complexity: Platform limits as architecture

Governor limits encourage efficient multi-tenant design and must influence architecture from the beginning. This retrospective daily note considers where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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Architecture

The cost of complexity: Data virtualisation

External data can sometimes remain in its source while Salesforce presents it at the point of work. This retrospective daily note considers where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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Architecture

The cost of complexity: Transaction boundaries

Cross-system work cannot rely on one database transaction to guarantee an all-or-nothing outcome. This retrospective daily note considers where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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Architecture

The cost of complexity: Idempotent integrations

A request may be delivered more than once; a dependable receiver must make repetition safe. This retrospective daily note considers where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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Architecture

The cost of complexity: Error recovery

Failure handling is part of the business process, not a technical appendix added after the happy path. This retrospective daily note considers where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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