In this episode, we discuss the complexity of deciding between refactoring an existing org or starting over with a new org, Clara Shih's departure from Salesforce, return-to-office mandates, Agentforce Testing Center, and Marc Benioff's latest comments on AI.

Links:

• Salesforce’s Agentforce Testing Center Ensures Accurate Agent Responses - CX Today
• Bold Names: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and the AI ‘Fantasy Land’ - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
• Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Thinks AI Has Hit a Roadblock
• Twenty is building an open source alternative to Salesforce | TechCrunch
• My Journey to SMB1001 Certification - YouTube
• AI obsessed Corporate America 😵‍💫✨ #ai #corporate - YouTube

In this episode, we discuss Benioff's comments on Microsoft Copilot and AI being overhyped, AI being a race to the bottom, and a few notable Winter '25 release note features.

Links:

• Starboard Value's Jeff Smith says Salesforce has 'a lot more to go'
• Marc Benioff warns that AI, while useful, is overhyped and partly blames Microsoft | TechCrunch
• Google News - Search
• Einstein Data Prism
• Lightning Web Security Enablement Rollout Remains Postponed
• Migrate to a Multiple-Configuration SAML Framework (Release Update)
• Migrate to a Local External Client App from Your Local Connected App
• Track Apex Unexpected Exceptions with Free-Tier Event Monitoring
• Mlíko - Gastro Obscura
• Why does beer in Europe have huge foam head? (Honest Beer Guide) - YouTube

In this episode, we discuss John Mulaney's roast of Dreamforce, AgentForce, Klarna's plans to stop using Workday and Salesforce, Illuminated Cloud, and AI-generated podcasts.

Links:

• Comedian John Mulaney roasts SF techies at Dreamforce
• SF's Dreamforce conference has a warning about potential widespread layoffs
• (1) Amir Efrati on X: "😀 @Benioff wants to know more about Klarna CEO @klarnaseb's plans to stop using Salesforce & Workday and is not taking the public barbs lying down. from: https://t.co/1KeWvjoHz7 https://t.co/xjihbi7GnL" / X
• Salesforce’s New AI Strategy Acknowledges That AI Will Take Jobs
• (1) Patrick Moorhead on X: "Fascinated at the AI enterprise SaaS pricing models: -Salesforce: AI extra charge -Microsoft: AI extra charge -Google: AI extra charge -Adobe: AI extra change -Oracle Fusion: AI included -NetSuite: AI included -Zoho: AI included Oracle, NetSuite, Google, Zoho, Microsoft have" / X
• (1) Patrick Moorhead on X: "My early thoughts so far on the @Benioff keynote today at #DF24. 1/ Agent Force: this is the “next new thing” and the star of the show. These agents look like what you could have expected chatbots and Einstein to do in 2016. It’s all about driving efficiency, revenue and https://t.co/8yGgIAMczB" / X
• (1) Patrick Moorhead on X: "Wow @Benioff is in rare form in the post keynote QA. Thrown many expletives against its bigger rival: -science projects -spilling enterprise data everywhere -expensive -not solving real problems -mean people -their solution hallucinates -same pitch for 25 years -they’re DiY https://t.co/UdyZuijRLV" / X
• (1) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Diego Rossi Haterz/Loverz Club on X: "Dreamforce Keynote so far has been 44 minutes of trying to convince us their new AI is more than a chatbot, and 6 minutes of Mark Benioff talking about his favorite Disneyland rides" / X
• AI can allow new kind of software developer • The Register
• Dreamforce '24: Top 10 Announcements You Need to Know | Salesforce Ben
• Dreamforce '24 / Winter '25 New Feature Integration Status
• Breaking News: Salesforce Acquire Zoomin for $450M | Salesforce Ben
• Dozens of Fortune 100 companies have unwittingly hired North Korean IT workers, according to report
• Salesforce Closing Hillsboro, Oregon, Office Amid RTO Push - Business Insider
• Zoom (ZM) to Reduce Stock-Based Compensation for Workers - Bloomberg

In this episode, we discuss the Good Day, Sir! community meetup at Dreamforce, challenges with deployments, invocable methods, Salesforce's acquisition of Own, Salesforce's AI strategy, and Ellison's view on AI winners.

Links:

• Salesforce has 'the droids you are looking for': CEO
• Salesforce deploys autonomous AI agents, hailing 'the third wave of the AI revolution'
• Salesforce's AI efforts have been 'disappointing': Analyst
• The Transcript on X: "$ORCL CTO Larry Ellison: "I went to dinner with @elonmusk, Jensen Huang..& I would describe the dinner as Oracle & me & Elon begging Jensen for GPUs. Please take our money....No, no, take more of it. You're not taking out enough. We need you to take more of our money, please" https://t.co/atBUJaULCS" / X
• Good Day, Sir! Meetup (Slack)

In this episode, we discuss technology bolstering tipping culture, whether the DevOps Center is ready yet, lightning UI updates, the rise and fall of Stack Overflow, and the increase of spamming on LinkedIn.

Links:

• The rise and fall of Stack Overflow | InfoWorld
• (26) Post | LinkedIn
• Ed Elson on X: "Salesforce is not an AI company, and that’s OK. https://t.co/pgAaBQaALb" / X
• “Death of a Salesforce”: Why AI Will Transform the Next Generation of Sales Tech | Andreessen Horowitz

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
• Tsarathustra on X: "Satya Nadella says Windows PCs will have a photographic memory feature called Recall that will remember and understand everything you do on your computer by taking constant screenshots https://t.co/Gubi4DGHcs" / X
• Google Acquiring HubSpot For $31B To 'Take Market Share From Microsoft,' Says Expert - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) - Benzinga
• Madni Aghadi on X: "🚨 Big news: Microsoft Build just happened, and it was epic. The new updates will completely change TECH forever 8 incredible announcements: https://t.co/UqACNl1G2P" / X
• Salesforce's 'poor performance' leaves Wall Street playing defense, cutting targets | Seeking Alpha
• AI is the thorn in Salesforce’s side
• Salesforce’s stock suffers its biggest drop in two decades - MarketWatch

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 Year Running - CX Today
• Salesforce: Improving Profitability And Robust Cash Flows (NYSE:CRM) | Seeking Alpha
• Why Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) Could Be Worth Watching
• Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: AI should be a human right [Video]

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
• Salesforce Futures: Personal AI Agents Will 'Forever Change' Customer-Company Relationships - Salesforce
• Four-day week made permanent for most UK firms in world’s biggest trial | Work-life balance | The Guardian
• Jony Ive and OpenAI's Sam Altman Seeking Funding for Personal AI Device - MacRumors
• Zoom and Salesforce stand to benefit from Microsoft's unbundling
• Apple (AAPL) Future Products Could Include Robots and Smart Home Push - Bloomberg
• 20 years of Gmail - The Verge
• The Pot Roast Principle | Psychology Today
• Jason Fried on X: "Something happened to business software. You used to pay for it once, install it, and run it. Whether on someone’s computer, or a server for everyone, it felt like you owned it. And you did. Today, most software is a service. Not owned, but rented. Buying it enters you into a…" / X
• Shopify vs Salesforce Commerce Cloud Comparison - Shopify USA

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 enabling everyone to be a programmer. AI will kill coding. https://t.co/SxK9twhEby" / X
• John Carmack on X: "“Coding” was never the source of value, and people shouldn’t get overly attached to it. Problem solving is the core skill. The discipline and precision demanded by traditional programming will remain valuable transferable attributes, but they won’t be a barrier to entry. Many…" / X
• Jeff Bezos vs Jay Leno in 1999
• How generative AI will change low-code development | InfoWorld
• The early returns on gen AI for software development | CIO
• Introducing Devin, the first AI software engineer
• John A De Goes on X: "Hot take: If Devin can replace you, you're not a software engineer. 🌶️ If you think LLM-based approaches are months away from replacing engineers, you need to update your mental model of AI (cause it's broke). Devin is a cute trick for raising $$, but the real work lies ahead. https://t.co/yfTDH0AbvG" / X
• Billionaire Marc Benioff is buying up land in Hawaii. And no one knows why : NPR

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.co/SQUlN27h4z" / X
• We Tested an AI Tutor for Kids. It Struggled With Basic Math. - WSJ
• Exclusive: Ex-Salesforce Co-CEO Bret Taylor launches AI startup Sierra | Fortune
• Starboard Value’s Jeffrey Smith sticks with activist bet on GoDaddy, trims winning Salesforce stake
• OpenAI's Sora Is a Giant 'F*ck You' to Reality
• Add Passkey support for logging in. | IdeaExchange

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 Spring ’24 Release | Salesforce Developers Blog
• Slack Catch Up feature: a Tinder-like card swipe for all your work messages - The Verge
• Slack CTO and cofounder Cal Henderson is out, replaced by Salesforce CTO Parker Harris | Fortune
• Nintex reaches definitive agreement to acquire Skuid, a low-code application development product with easy design and build capabilities for operational leaders - Dec 12, 2023
• Santiago on X: "4 lessons I've learned after 20+ years of writing software: 1. The best code is the one I didn't write. 2. The best tool is the one I'm already using. 3. The best solution is the simplest one. 4. If I didn't test it, it doesn't work. 5. Communication wins over technical skills." / X
• unusual_whales on X: "US office vacancies nationwide hit a record high in the fourth quarter of last year, per Axios." / X
• Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: AI should be a human right
• Noor Bin Ladin on X: "“We’re going to have digital people, these digital people are going to emerge, and there’s going to have to be a level of trust.” Salesforces CEO and WEF board trustee Marc Benioff, speaking on the panel “Technology in a Turbulent World” about humans being replaced by AI. https://t.co/SflpJfjQfj" / X
• Every CEO must make this investment now: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff | Fox Business Video
• We don't want to see an AI 'Hiroshima,' Salesforce CEO warns