If you’re a retro computing fan like me, the Konami Code will be familiar to you. I once used this not-so-secret combination of keypresses to trigger a debug panel on a Visualforce page and now you can to… Firstly, in your Visualforce page, you’ll need to pull in the Konami…

This week, a client requested a report of all fields in the whole of their Salesforce org. Since the client is in the Financial Services sector, systems are very locked down, which meant I can’t install an AppExchange tool or connect to the org with an external tool like the…

“DevOps” begins with “Dev”, right? Must be my problem to deal with, surely? Recently, my employer made the decision to move our existing build and deploy processes in-house. Previously, these processes have been managed on our behalf by our consulting partners, and it has worked pretty well. As our fledgling in-house development team has grown, however, so has the desire from management to…

The making of SwapMySwag — It began, like so many of my adventures, with a tweet… I’d seen a lot of folks on Twitter sending out swag to each other off the back of a “DM me your address” request (looks at Reid Carlberg). I’d also had a fresh delivery of tasty swag from our…

Where I work, a new business use case came up from another division, whereby we needed a completely separate Salesforce org from our existing (Classic) org. This was an ideal opportunity to create a Lightning org from scratch, rather than have to migrate it later. …

Recently we had a user request for the ability to add a contact to multiple campaigns at once from the Contact screen. This seemed like a reasonable request, so I started to look into it, but it’s one of those things that’s been languishing on the IdeaExchange with not enough…

Hello. I’m a middle-aged, (reasonably) affluent, white male. And I’m intolerant — very much so. While my age, ethnicity and gender are the default settings I arrived on the planet with and the comparative affluence is something I’ve worked to achieve (notwithstanding the advantages afforded to me by the other…

Just sat the Platform App Builder Transition exam this morning — while it’s a shorter version of the full exam (20 questions versus 60), it’s not any easier! Here’s some thoughts and tips while I still think of it. NOTE : As expected, I’m *not* giving any actual questions —…

2018 is the year I teach myself. Not only Salesforce (Trailhead and Certifications), but teach myself that I’m not an imposter after all (wait, would this mean I can’t be in the “Imposter Syndrome” Chatter group anymore?) I’ve started by doing mock exams (thanks SalesforceBen.com) with no studying to see whether I actually do know something about Salesforce after all. I’m two for two so far. DISCLAIMER : I don’t suggest we all do this. People are at different stages in their Salesforce journey and I’d hate for folks to compound their feelings of self-doubt if they don’t quite get the pass. But it works for me, and hey, you might just surprise yourself too….