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Diagram of Salesforce sharing model anti-patterns across roles, sharing rules and Apex managed sharesApex

Salesforce Sharing Model Anti-Patterns: Where Access Breaks

Sharing defects do not fail the build. They show up months later as audit findings and “the manager cannot see it”...

· 10 min read 3D render of a glowing core representing Salesforce Winter 27 developer features and architecture updatesApex

Salesforce Winter '27 Developer Architecture Guide

Winter '27 raises the Apex heap ceilings to 10 MB and 25 MB and adds native live integration tests in scratch orgs....

· 7 min read 3D icon of interconnected circuits representing Salesforce Winter '27 developer features and tools.Apex

Salesforce Winter '27 Developer Features: Apex, LWC, AI

Winter '27 raises the Apex heap limits, lets integration tests make real HTTP callouts, and opens LWC templates to...

· 5 min read Salesforce logo with glowing circuit lines, representing data flow and storage impactApex

Einstein Activity Capture: Sync Email Storage Impact

Einstein Activity Capture now turns on 'Sync Email as Activity' for many orgs without asking, and every synced email...

· 4 min read Salesforce logo with integrated circuit patterns, illustrating Apex test user mode.Apex

Apex Test User Mode: System.runAs for Permissions

Since API 67.0, Apex tests run in user mode by default, so your tests have to account for user permissions explicitly....

· 4 min read Diagram illustrating Salesforce technical debt as a tangled web of code needing efficient solutions.Apex

Salesforce Technical Debt: Impact and Solutions for Developers

Technical debt is drowning Salesforce admins and dragging on development velocity. Here is how big the problem actually...

· 3 min read 3D rendered gear with circuit patterns, representing Salesforce Summer '26 features.Apex

Salesforce Summer '26 Features for Developers

Summer '26 ships a batch of platform changes for developers and admins: a consolidated field access view, permission...

· 4 min read A 3D render visualizing the safe deployment of AI-written Salesforce code with interconnected nodes and glowing code.Apex

Safely Deploy AI-Written Salesforce Code

AI coding tools speed development up and bring their own risks: metadata complexity, shallow tests, hard-coded sandbox...

· 4 min read 3D rendered gear and circuit board symbolizing Salesforce technical debt reduction strategies.Apex

Reduce Salesforce Technical Debt: 10 Strategies

Ten practices that keep technical debt out of a Salesforce org, from writing the why down before you build to killing...

· 5 min read 3D Salesforce data connector illustrating accurate Last Activity Date tracking for shared activities.Apex

Fix Salesforce Last Activity Date for Shared Activities

With Shared Activities on, Last Activity Date only moves for the primary contact on a Task or Event, so every secondary...

· 4 min read Designing a Scalable Backend in Salesforce Using Apex Services LayerApex

Designing a Scalable Backend in Salesforce Using Apex Services Layer

As Salesforce applications grow more complex, the backend logic written in Apex gets hard to manage, test and scale. A...

· 5 min read A 3D magnifying glass inspecting text, illustrating the concept of SOQL LIKE wildcards for precise data searching.Apex

SOQL LIKE with Wildcards: In-Between Word Matching

The SOQL LIKE operator with wildcards finds text that sits between two specific words in your Salesforce data. This...

· 6 min read