We’re Moving!We launched the MuseLab website and have migrated the blog content there. Future posts will go up at https://muselab.com/bench-notesMay 5, 2023May 5, 2023
Don’t Hire a DevOps Engineer, Create a Culture of DevOpsI’ve seen many job postings over the last year by Salesforce ISV Partners looking to hire a DevOps Engineer to solve the challenges they…Feb 20, 20231Feb 20, 20231
ISV Development to Delivery Experience (D2X) North StarWhile there are multiple feature rich and mature DevOps solutions available today for Salesforce partners and customers operating in the…Oct 31, 20221Oct 31, 20221
Advantages of CumulusCI’s Second-Generation Packaging (2GP) ImplementationCumulusCI includes a custom implementation of support for 2GP that takes a different approach than sfdx allowing for a better user…Oct 27, 2022Oct 27, 2022
CumulusCI is a Misnomer, That’s My FaultCumulusCI is often confused with continuous integration applications for good reason, it has “CI” in the name. This creates confusion about…Oct 23, 20223Oct 23, 20223
Namespaced Scratch Orgs and the Product Delivery ModelI’ve long advocated for ISVs to avoid use of namespaced scratch orgs and often find myself repeating the same reasoning behind that…Oct 21, 2022Oct 21, 2022
CumulusCI’s Metadata TransformationsToday’s post covers one of the most powerful and underutilized features of CumulusCI: Metadata Transformations. CumulusCI contains a set of…Oct 19, 2022Oct 19, 2022
3 Approaches to Pre-Release Testing for Salesforce ISVsIt’s quite common for Salesforce ISVs to wait until they’ve cut a production version of a package to fully regression test it. This is due…Oct 17, 20223Oct 17, 20223
Foster a Culture of Debate in Engineering TeamsI was a debater in high school and in college. Through that experience, I came to value how debate can help us better understand our point…Oct 14, 2022Oct 14, 2022
The Release SubwayStress around software releases creates risk of human error and increases the risk of attrition due to burnout. So how do you reduce…Oct 5, 20221Oct 5, 20221