In this episode, we discuss chaining queueables, clean programming coding laws, ServiceNow's hiring of Salesforce employees, Google I/O AI, Microsoft Surface Copilot, rumors of Google acquiring HubSpot, and Salesforce's Q1 financial results. Links: 50 Coding Laws That Would Make You A Decent Programmer. | by Alexander obidiegwu | Medium ServiceNow Is Hiring From Salesforce as Competition Heats Up (NOW, CRM) - Bloomberg How Many Times Did Google Say AI at I/O 2024? - Video - CNET Microsoft Surface and Copilot Event: Everything announced including new Surface laptops, Copilot+ PC and more Tsara ..read more

In this episode, we discuss unit testing, Salesforce's rumored bid to acquire Informatica, Microsoft's ARM chips, Oracle moving headquarters to Nashville, and a few notable highlights from the Summer '24 release notes. Links: Blog | mitchspano.com Decoding Salesforce’s plausible $11 billion bid to acquire Informatica | CIO Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple - The Verge Oracle’s Jump to Nashville Surprises Austin - WSJ Salesforce Summer ’24 Release Notes Salesforce-Informatica acquisition talks fall through: Report | CIO Salesforce Crowned King of CRM for the 11th Y ..read more

In this episode, we discuss the need to always challenge assumptions, Jason Fried’s thoughts on SaaS, Personal AI agents, The UK’s 4-day work week, Microsoft’s unbundling of Teams and Office, Mitch Spano’s blog post on selective unit testing, Shopify poaching salesforce folks, the possibility of Apple getting into robots, Johnny Ive and Sam Altman cooking up a “personal AI device”, and the ever-aging Gmail. Links: Deploy Faster, Test Smarter: The Selective Unit Testing Strategy Every Salesforce Org Needs | mitchspano.com Shopify Hires Dozens of Salesforce Veterans in Enterprise Push Salesforc ..read more

In this episode, we catch up on the TrailblazerDX event, data cloud, various topics around generative AI coding assistants, and a brief discussion on approaching data de-duplication. Links: Danielle Larregui (@DnLarregui) / X New study on coding behavior raises questions about impact of AI on software development – GeekWire Misconfigured Custom Salesforce Apps Expose Corporate Data Dare Obasanjo? on X: "Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, argues that we should stop saying kids should learn to code. He argues the rise of AI means we can replace programming languages with human language prompts thus e ..read more

In this episode, we discuss podcasting 2.0 and Value4Value support, becoming a developer, opinions on AI and its impact on learn-to-code, the GitHub data tracking results on the fastest-growing countries for software development, Bret Taylor's recent funding round for AI startup, activist investors trimming stake in Salesforce, and the increased popularity in passkeys. Links: Podcastindex.org Podcast Mirror - Podcasting 2.0 for everybody Begin your Journey to Salesforce. The fastest-growing countries for software development - Rest of World zerohedge on X: "UBS: do NOT learn to code https://t ..read more

In this episode, we discuss Apple Vision Pro, Watson XCode Assistant, Microsoft becoming Oracle's largest customer, highlights from the Salesforce Spring '24 release notes, Slack, lessons learned as a developer list, and Benioff's interviews at Davos and AI. Links: Apple Vision Pro - Guided Tour - Apple Salesforce deepens Apple partnership with Apple Business Messaging and AR integration IBM: Let’s create a more modern foundation for business with watsonx Code Assistant - YouTube Larry Ellison's Masterpiece: Microsoft Becomes Oracle's Largest Customer! The Salesforce Developer’s Guide to the ..read more

In this episode, we discuss TrailblazerDX registration, Open AI and Salesforce, Salesforce as a development platform, AI coding tools, named credentials, and Salesforce's Q3 2024 earnings report. Links: Register - TrailblazerDX 2024 - Salesforce What’s New with Named Credentials | by Susannah Plaisted | Salesforce Architects | Oct, 2023 | Medium Salesforce appoints longtime executive Denise Dresser as Slack CEO Salesforce-and-AWS-Expand-Partnership-for-Customers-to-More-Easily-Build-Trusted-AI-AppsDeliver-Seamless-CRM-Experiences-and-Bring-Salesforce-Products-to-AWS-Marketplace Salesforce Tow ..read more

In this episode, we celebrate 10 years of producing this podcast and discuss a rant about Agile and Okta's security breach. Links: Brian Fear on X: "@SalesforceDevs I needed more CPU time in an org to create a test. The result is six times more CPU time and two times more heap. Tradeoffs apply, of course, but I thought I'd share. https://t.co/4yD345ILDP" / X I Will Fucking Haymaker You If You Mention Agile Again — Ludicity Okta's Latest Security Breach Is Haunted by the Ghost of Incidents Past | WIRED Okta hit by another breach, this one stealing employee data from 3rd-party vendor | Ars Tech ..read more

In this episode, we discuss the seven sins of software development, Salesforce's Einstein Trust Layer, and test Jeremy's knowledge with a bit of AI trivia. Links: 7 sins of software development | CIO GitHub - thebrettbarlow/forcelandia-practical-di Inside the Einstein Trust Layer | Salesforce Developers Blog What is a Data Lakehouse? Your Efficiency Solution | Salesforce Salesforce Launches Next Generation of Einstein, Bringing a Conversational AI Assistant to Every CRM Application and Customer Experience - Salesforce News Building AI-Powered Apps with LLMs and Einstein | Salesforce Developer ..read more

In this episode, we discuss our reactions to Marc Benioff's Dreamforce '23 Main Keynote. Links: Salesforce+ Dreamforce Main Keynote I build products on Salesforce, and yes Marc Benioff, I am a developer and in your words I am a hardliner ..read more