10+ Years in the Trenches

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Mistakes I've made, tools I recommend, and tips from a decade of building on the platform. No corporate BS — just real war stories from production.

By Glen Bradford • Cloud Nimbus LLC • 85+ production releases

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The Graveyard

50 Mistakes I Made So You Don't Have To

Every mistake documented with war stories, wrong code, right code, and the lesson. Ranked by severity from 'career-ending' to 'rookie.'

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The Directory

Tools & Resources I Actually Use

Curated AppExchange packages, VS Code extensions, GitHub repos, and learning resources — with my honest take on each.

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Tips & Tutorials

Quick Wins from the Trenches

Bite-sized tips with real code examples. Flows, Apex, LWC, integrations — the stuff I wish someone had told me on day one.

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Top 50 Providers

Salesforce Consulting Firms, Ranked

From Accenture to solo specialists — 50 consulting firms reviewed honestly by someone who's competed against (and worked with) them.

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Worst Mistakes First

The career-ending ones. Start here if you want to feel better about your own code.

#1🔄 Flows

The Infinite Flow Loop That Ate Production

Record-triggered flow updates the same object. Flow fires again. And again. And again.

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#6⚡ Apex

SOQL Query Inside a For Loop (The Classic)

Wrote a SOQL query inside a for loop. 200 records came in. 200 queries fired. Governor said no.

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#11🗄️ Data

Mass Update With No Backup: The 'Undo' Button That Doesn't Exist

Ran a mass update on 50,000 records without exporting them first. Client asked to revert. I had nothing.

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The Graveyard

The Directory

Tips & Tutorials

Top 50 Providers

Worst Mistakes First

The Infinite Flow Loop That Ate Production

SOQL Query Inside a For Loop (The Classic)

Mass Update With No Backup: The 'Undo' Button That Doesn't Exist

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