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Hey everyone, I really need to vent and maybe get some advice, because the bureaucracy here is just blowing my mind.

My buddy and I have been working on a new AppExchange app after hours for the last 2 years. The package has been 100% ready for a month now. We followed the docs, got everything prepped, submitted the app for the Security Review, and happily paid the $999 fee.

Now, we are being told by the review team that we need to build/move it to a Partner Business Org (PBO). Okay, sure. But when I applied for the ISV partnership to actually get that PBO, I got hit with this automated brick wall:

>Thank you for your reply... partnership inquiry remains under internal review as we prioritize which new partners to work with. There is no decision or anticipated timeline that we can provide. We have saved your partnership proposal and will reach out in the future should we decide to move forward.

I’m genuinely frustrated. I work as a Salesforce Architect daily, so I know the technical side of this platform inside out, but this administrative Catch-22 is absolutely ridiculous.

How is it systematically possible that Salesforce allows you to initiate the Security Review process and gladly processes your $999 payment, but then denies you the basic mandatory tool (PBO) required to complete it because "you aren't a partner yet"? xD

I have a requirement for getting all the related lists that are available for the custom object via api;

I just want these list, that are available in the page layout for the object(see the image)
Anything works;(any api for this, or if you can give this result by doing operations on the results from any api , will also work)

just need this red area list.

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Day 2 of learning Python, and I’m officially hooked. 🐍

For the past 9 years, I’ve built a career in sales, specifically handling credit receivables, yard operations, and inside sales. It’s been a great ride, but I’ve realized sales isn’t my long-term path. My goal is to successfully break into the tech space.

Because of my business background, I started by diving deep into Salesforce and workflow automation. I really enjoy looking at business processes and figuring out how to build smarter systems.

However, I recently had a conversation that threw me for a loop. A peer told me that the Salesforce job market is entirely oversaturated right now, that entry-level roles are drying up, and that I should abandon ship to focus on Python and AI instead.

Taking that advice to heart, I officially started my Python journey yesterday! It's a completely different way of thinking for someone from a non-technical field, but I'm excited for the challenge.

That being said, I want to be smart about my transition. I’d love to get some honest perspective from fellow developers and Salesforce professionals on here:

1. To the Salesforce Pros: Is the entry-level market truly as bleak as people say, or is there still a strong path if I combine Salesforce with automation tools (like n8n) and my existing sales/business experience?
2. To the Developers: If I lean heavily into Python, what is a realistic roadmap for someone pivoting from sales to get into AI/Data spaces?

Any advice, resource recommendations, or reality checks are completely welcome. Let's connect!

#CareerTransition #Python #Salesforce #TechPivot #InsideSales #LearnToCode

been thinking about this a lot lately after a few projects where we over-engineered early. the standard advice is always "design for 200 records" and yeah that's right for triggers and batch, jobs, salesforce processes up to 200 records per transaction and governor limits don't care about your intentions. but i keep seeing teams apply that same thinking to a simple record-page button or, a quick action that will realistically fire one record at a time in normal use. worth being honest about the caveat though: "one record at a time forever" is a bit of a trap. buttons and quick actions can still kick off downstream automation that runs in bulk, or get reused in a context you didn't plan for. so i'm not saying ignore bulk patterns entirely for those cases, more like, be deliberate about where you're actually spending the complexity budget. my rough take now is that the service layer should always accept collections. that part's non-negotiable, keeps your apex reusable and bulk-safe regardless of what's calling it. but the UI controller or the flow invoking it doesn't need to be architected like it's, processing a data load when it clearly isn't, just don't bake single-record assumptions into shared logic. the cases where over-bulkifying genuinely hurt delivery for me have been when it pushed us from flow into apex earlier, than needed, or when we added staging objects to handle collision scenarios for a use case with maybe 5 users. sometimes the architecture is solving a problem that doesn't exist yet and probably won't. curious if others have a rule of thumb for when they let a scalar UI action stay scalar vs when they, force the bulk pattern from day one, especially across apex vs flow vs lwc since the tradeoffs are pretty different in each.

Hey fellow Salesforce folks,

I’ve been tasked with putting together an evaluation document to compare different AI tools for our org. Right now, we’ve narrowed it down strictly to Claude Code and Agentforce (we are not considering Copilot or Codex).

In my hands-on testing, Claude Code feels significantly ahead, especially when it comes to the depth of its analysis and adherence to strict coding standards. However, "it just feels better" won't fly with our business leadership. I need to back this up with concrete, objective evidence.

For those of you who have evaluated or used both in production or deep spikes:

Also, if anyone has a framework or template for how to structure this kind of comparison document for leadership, I’d love to hear how you categorized your sections.

Thanks in advance for the insights!

I got a request to connect eclinicalworks to salesforce org from a new client. And i tried to look it up online it has minimal documentation about apis and integration with salesforce. And i must admit, i never worked on eclinicalworks before.
Does anyone have any reference? Or can offer any guidance on how to go about it?

Spending hours manually comparing Flows between Sandbox and Production.

Even with deployment tools like Copado and Gearset, finding all the small (but dangerous) differences in elements, resources, decisions, loops, and variables was still painful and risky. I’ve seen deployment issues caused by missed Flow changes more times than I can count.

So instead of keep complaining about it… I decided to build a solution.

I’m currently developing the Salesforce Flow Comparator Browser Extension that will let you:

• Instantly compare any two orgs (Sandbox ↔ Production, Sandbox ↔ Sandbox, etc.)
• Get a clear side-by-side diff view of Flow metadata
• Highlight added, removed, or modified elements
• Save massive time during release validation

It’s still a Work in Progress (MVP is almost ready), but I’m genuinely excited about it.

I’d love your help and feedback:

• Would this tool solve a real pain for you?
• What features would make this a “must-have” tool for you? (e.g. support for other metadata types, exportable report, dark mode, VS Code integration, etc.)
• Any specific Flow comparison problems you face that I should solve?

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If you’ve ever lost sleep before a big go-live because of Flow differences — drop a comment! 👇

Looking forward to your thoughts! 🔥

Hello,

I am new to this field and as the title suggest, I am looking for some pointers for the latest AI tools that can be integrated with Salesforce CRM Analytics to provide better user experience.

Please provide any recommendations or suggestions including high level implementation or pointers for that including the licensing cost etc.

Thank you and appreciate your help and support!

So with AI now being a huge factor (and cheating too, I'm sure), has anyone here been through a Salesforce Developer interview recently? As in the last 3-4 months?

And I'm talking about the technical part of the interview, not the "What are your career goals? Why do you want to work here?" part. So what was the interview like? What did they ask about? Did they make you do anything to prove your experience or expertise? Also-when you reply, please let us know the level of Developer interview you had-- fresher, intermediate, or senior.

Hi,
I am preparing for Senior Technical Consultant role at Salesforce, my question is - Do they ask DSA as well for this role? Also, how is the work life balance for this role?

Our technical architect insists every feature should be bulkified, even when the current use case is a single-record UI action.

I understand bulkification for triggers, batch jobs, imports, automations, and reusable services.

But for isolated UI features that can only process one record, is bulkification still considered mandatory Salesforce best practice, or is it unnecessary complexity? I consider it unnecessary boilerplate.

Where do you draw the line?

Context: we are using a simplified version of enterprise patterns as architecture. UI Controller class -> Service class.

Hi

We are hiring part time IST time zone for below positions.

Salesforce Health Cloud Developer 7+ years remote

Salesforce Data Cloud Developer 7+ years remote

Salesforce CPQ Developer 8+ years

Preferred someone who works from home we are ok if you have another job and manage things.

You will receive a laptop and have to work on tasks assigned and be available between 12pm to 8pm and work load is not that much.

One piece of advice I want to share upfront.. use the available office hours. The Security review reps who attend are very accommodating and genuinely try to help you pass.

I've had an idea for a long time for an appexchange app. From what I have seen, there is nothing on appexchange that does what I intend it to do.

The value of my idea aside, is developing apps for appexchange still worth it in this day and age of Agentforce?

(I've been out of SF ecosystem for a year, so I feel a bit out of touch.)

I’m working as a Salesforce Developer with a little over 1 year of experience. I’m pretty confident with the admin side, flows, configs, permissions, automation, debugging issues, etc. But when it comes to actual development, I feel completely dependent on AI.

Most of the Jira tickets involving Apex or JS, I solve with AI help. Even when I understand the requirement and logic in my head, I struggle to write the code myself. I can write basic triggers, but when things become more programming-heavy (proper Apex patterns, JavaScript, async handling, clean logic, optimization), I freeze.

The worst part is that sometimes I feel like I’m not becoming a “real developer” because of this dependency. I don’t want to quit development. I genuinely want to grow and become someone who can build things confidently without constantly relying on AI for every step.

For people who were in a similar situation:

- How did you improve your programming skills?
- How do I actually learn logic building?
- Should I stop using AI completely for some time?
- What projects or practice methods helped you most?
- How do I go from “I understand the solution” to “I can write the code myself”?

I’m ready to put in the effort. I just don’t want to stay stuck at this level forever.

Any honest advice or roadmap would help a lot.

I am a Java Developer with around 2 years of experience and 4.75 LPA salary. I jave 24 days left in my notice period and have 2 offers in hand.

1: One from a small service based company offering me 8 LPA for Java Developer Position

2: Second from Salesforce for Technical Support Engineer offering 19.25 LPA .

I want to be a developer afterall. But taking salesforce currently would make it difficult or I can leverage salesforce’s name into securing SDE roles later? I am really confused need some advice plz