Field notes on Salesforce
architecture.
Short, opinionated writing on the decisions behind a clean Salesforce org. No SEO churn, no listicles — just the patterns and trade-offs that’ve actually held up in production.
- 7 min read #salesforce#architecture#ids
Why Salesforce IDs come in two sizes (and how Excel forced the issue)
Salesforce record IDs are case-sensitive on purpose — and the 18-character form is the cleanest fix for case-folding downstream tools you'll find in commercial software.
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Salesforce Well-Architected: trust first, ease second, adaptability third
Salesforce's Well-Architected framework is the only major cloud-platform framework that ranks its own pillars. Here's why the order matters — and what 'Trusted is non-negotiable' looks like in practice.
Read article - 6 min read #aws#architecture#well-architected
The AWS Well-Architected Framework, distilled
Five pillars, six design principles, two non-negotiables. A working reference for teams who want to use the framework as a conversation, not as a checklist.
Read article - 7 min read #heroku#architecture#twelve-factor
The Twelve-Factor App: still the cleanest playbook for Heroku
Heroku doesn't ship a Well-Architected framework like AWS or Salesforce. It has something older and more elegant — Adam Wiggins's Twelve-Factor App, still the most concise architectural posture for anything running on a PaaS.
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