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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

Designing for maintainability: Backup and recovery

Data protection requires tested recovery objectives, not only confidence that a backup exists. This retrospective daily note considers how another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Designing for maintainability: Deployment observability

Delivery metrics should show whether change is becoming safer and faster, not merely count deployments. This retrospective daily note considers how another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Platform Operations

Designing for maintainability: Environment strategy

Each Salesforce environment should have a clear purpose, data posture and refresh rhythm. This retrospective daily note considers how another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Platform Operations

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

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Platform Operations

Designing for maintainability: Flow governance

Flow makes automation accessible, which increases the need for shared design and lifecycle standards. This retrospective daily note considers how another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Platform Operations

Designing for maintainability: Permission-set strategy

A scalable access model grants capability through composable permission sets rather than profile sprawl. This retrospective daily note considers how another team will understand, support and safely change the solution.

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Platform Operations

The cost of complexity: Backup and recovery

Data protection requires tested recovery objectives, not only confidence that a backup exists. This retrospective daily note considers where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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Platform Operations

The cost of complexity: Deployment observability

Delivery metrics should show whether change is becoming safer and faster, not merely count deployments. This retrospective daily note considers where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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Platform Operations

The cost of complexity: Environment strategy

Each Salesforce environment should have a clear purpose, data posture and refresh rhythm. This retrospective daily note considers where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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Platform Operations

The cost of complexity: 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 where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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Platform Operations

The cost of complexity: Flow governance

Flow makes automation accessible, which increases the need for shared design and lifecycle standards. This retrospective daily note considers where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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Platform Operations

The cost of complexity: Permission-set strategy

A scalable access model grants capability through composable permission sets rather than profile sprawl. This retrospective daily note considers where unnecessary components and customisation create recurring operating cost.

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Platform Operations

Security by design: Backup and recovery

Data protection requires tested recovery objectives, not only confidence that a backup exists. This retrospective daily note considers how access, data exposure and accountability shape the implementation.

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Platform Operations

Security by design: Deployment observability

Delivery metrics should show whether change is becoming safer and faster, not merely count deployments. This retrospective daily note considers how access, data exposure and accountability shape the implementation.

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Platform Operations

Security by design: Environment strategy

Each Salesforce environment should have a clear purpose, data posture and refresh rhythm. This retrospective daily note considers how access, data exposure and accountability shape the implementation.

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Platform Operations

Security by design: 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 access, data exposure and accountability shape the implementation.

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Platform Operations

Security by design: Flow governance

Flow makes automation accessible, which increases the need for shared design and lifecycle standards. This retrospective daily note considers how access, data exposure and accountability shape the implementation.

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Platform Operations

Security by design: Permission-set strategy

A scalable access model grants capability through composable permission sets rather than profile sprawl. This retrospective daily note considers how access, data exposure and accountability shape the implementation.

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Platform Operations

Containing technical debt: Backup and recovery

Data protection requires tested recovery objectives, not only confidence that a backup exists. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Platform Operations

Containing technical debt: Deployment observability

Delivery metrics should show whether change is becoming safer and faster, not merely count deployments. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Platform Operations

Containing technical debt: Environment strategy

Each Salesforce environment should have a clear purpose, data posture and refresh rhythm. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Platform Operations

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

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Platform Operations

Containing technical debt: Flow governance

Flow makes automation accessible, which increases the need for shared design and lifecycle standards. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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Platform Operations

Containing technical debt: Permission-set strategy

A scalable access model grants capability through composable permission sets rather than profile sprawl. This retrospective daily note considers how to prevent a short-term compromise from becoming permanent architecture.

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