So, I’ve moved my blog back to a low-cost hosting service running WordPress rather than using AWS services to very expensively host some HTML. In doing so I’ve been dealing with setting up the hosts… Read More »Server SSL/TLS Certificates
The uniqueness of 2020 was made complete with Salesforce’s annual conference pivoting from its usual 180,000 visitors at Moscone to an online video broadcast, live from Salesforce Park next to Salesforce Tower in San Francisco.… Read More »Dreamforce 2020 Wrap
Decisions are not dichotomies of either/or.It’s not clicks or code, its clicks and code, or clicks at first, and then replacement with code. Or too much code, for the wrong reason, or too many clicks,… Read More »Another 7 habits for developing a Technical Architect Mindset
Yes, its one of those Medium posts about organising one’s self for minimum distraction. Note that I said ‘minimum distraction’, not ‘maximum focus’. Those are two quite different things. Before I begin I should note… Read More »Getting the noise under control…
Every large scale Salesforce instance has certain objects in its data model which are heavily utilized. Such ‘heavy’ utilization has several forms. It may involve a considerable number of fields (> 500 plus), a large… Read More »‘Hot’ objects — Salesforce at Scale
At Forcelandia 2017 I gave my perspective on Software Architecture, I gave the same presentation at Down Under Dreaming — Sydney 2017 and have recorded it in a YouTube video. For those looking to watch it, you… Read More »Principles of Architecture
Anyone who works in the Salesforce ecosystem is familiar with the traditional role breakdown that Salesforce portrays in its marketing and communications — the admin, the architect, the consultant, the marketing specialist and the developer. Developers in… Read More »Are we nearing the end of the ‘Full Stack’ Salesforce Developer?
Install the force.com CLI, confirm it runs from your current working directory by running ‘force’ Install PMD, confirm it runs from your current working directory by running PMD Then, run the following commands in sequence… Read More »Running the Force.com CLI and PMD for a quick quality check
I’ve wanted to visit Portland for some time, for no specific reason apart from the fact I really do love the Pacific North West of the United States. I guess I’m just a sucker for… Read More »Forcelandia 2017
I’m a believer in LinkedIn. I find it useful on a personal and professional level and I have viewed it as a useful newsfeed over many years. But LinkedIn has a sickness, and I’d summarise… Read More »Mass Unfollowing People on LinkedIn