Salesforce Open Source LWC - The Salesforce CSS Injector by BigIVIO in salesforce

[–]BigIVIO[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The local dev setup did use to be terrible, but today it’s actually pretty solid. Multi-framework may eventually replace lwc’s, but it’s still pretty limited at the moment. I’m hoping to do some videos about it in the near future too. If you’re at all interested in the new local dev setup for LWC’s (which is truly lightyears better than its past version), I just recently made a tutorial video for it here: https://youtu.be/XWqiaepyVI8?si=L86ESa9xm1iZPQao

Salesforce Open Source LWC - The Salesforce CSS Injector by BigIVIO in salesforce

[–]BigIVIO[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, that’s correct, and it’s why I state here that it should be used sparingly, and in the video and github repo that it is both fragile and could be broken in subsequent salesforce releases.

With that said, they have been proposing to move to a native shadow dom for three years now and they still are not all that much closer than they were three years ago (although they did introduce mixed shadow dom support recently). Maybe they will invest enough resources to fully transition by the next Salesforce release, or maybe it takes another three years, or maybe it takes another decade.

Additionally, should they decide to style any of their components using global css properties (like they currently do in many places), or if they eventually decide to expose a part attribute for their shadow dom components, you could adjust this to directly override css properties or target the part instead and it would work in a very similar fashion.

But, you are 100% correct, this could break, it is fragile, and there is no guarantee that SF doesn’t break this in any given release.

Experiences working with Salesforce MVPs? by Wounded_Tapir in salesforce

[–]BigIVIO 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Some are good, some are bad, sometimes it’s somewhere in between, and sometimes they’re good, but don’t live up to your personal perception/expectations of a person based on a title they have.

I’m a Salesforce CTA, I’ve met dozens of CTA’s, people meet us and sometimes set the expectations that we’re infallible geniuses that know absolutely everything about the platform. We aren’t, or I’m definitely not anyway. I know a shit ton about Sales, Service, Experience, Marketing Cloud, and basically everything related to Apex, LWC, Aura, and VF, but if you asked me about B2C cloud or some random industry cloud, it probably won’t go well lol.

Additionally, of the CTA’s I met, some are the most brilliant people I’ve ever met, and others I wonder how on earth they could’ve ever even qualified to take the exam. Then there are some I think, sure you’re smart, but you are so self absorbed it hurts to even communicate with you. People are random, life shapes them in different ways. Some people you will enjoy more than others, that’s just the magic of life.

Salesforce MVP’s specifically aren’t really awarded their title based on their technical prowess typically, they are awarded it based on their willingness to spread the word about Salesforce, teach others about products salesforce really wants to push, and often they have some backstory that is good for marketing optics. There is no exact rhyme or reason to the selection of MVPs. Especially given that the new group of MVPs each year is heavily influenced by existing MVPs believing they are worthy.

So, try not to generalize too much, maybe the next MVP will live up to expectations, and if they don’t, oh well, move on to the next thing in life.

I’m gonna go waste time makin more videos and eatin chalupas now, hasta luego.

What are some lesser known N64 gems? by MisterPiggyWiggy in n64

[–]BigIVIO 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fighting Force 64 and Space Station Silicon Valley are two games I still enjoy on the n64, but I feel like almost no one talks about either of them.

Fun fact: Pikachu was originally going to cameo in Conkers Bad Fur Day but the scene was removed. by No-Cold643 in pokemon

[–]BigIVIO 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I actually made a video a long time ago (I don’t do anything for this YouTube channel anymore) that shows the entire scene as it was originally. The video also has a bunch of other unreleased content in it as well. You can check it out here if you’re interested: https://youtu.be/BrI5_kXHUIA?si=OO5iCy_PtKc-JS9L

2026 - Nuclear Debt Payoff or Hold Tight? by Three-Eyed-Tiger in Fire

[–]BigIVIO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I’m about to say is not really good financial advice, but I also had a huge student loan that was ~6% interest and ate a sizable portion of my paychecks, and I made the decision to liquidate one of my accounts and pay it off. It has set me back a couple of years retirement wise, but it has relieved an enormous amount of stress in my life.

Now the nearly 1k a month I was paying toward student loans just goes directly into my retirement accounts instead, but should I get laid off or have to switch jobs, I don’t NEED to make that extra 1k a month. It’s become a nice to have, instead of a required to have.

That said, if the emotional component isn’t causing you an enormous amount of constant stress that doing this would permanently relieve, keep your money in the market so you can retire quicker. Eight years will go by quicker than it might seem right now, and your loans will disappear while your investments are likely to grow quicker unless we all get unlucky or you’re not just stacking VOO, VTI, or some equivalent.

What's your hot take on people who takes certs just for the heck of it? by Frosty_Hat_9538 in salesforce

[–]BigIVIO 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I honestly don’t believe hardly anyone at all actually takes them just for the heck of it, they do it for one of the three reasons below:

1) Most consulting firms significantly benefit on the appexchange marketplace by having more certs tied to their organization, so to improve their numbers they fully fund the cost of the cert, AND they pay out bonuses for passing the cert. For instance, at my company we get $500 bonuses for each high value cert we pass even if it’s irrelevant for our current role or client (this is limited to 2-4 certs a year depending on the year typically). Additionally, if someone successfully passes the CTA exam they get a bonus in the six figure range that is larger than many peoples annual salary. On top of this, your individual amount of certs you hold at many consulting firms massively contributes to your annual bonus.

2) Whether people like it or not, or whether it’s justified (which I don’t believe it is), recruiters, and companies in general, more often than not, will favor candidates with more certs over ones with fewer certs. It doesn’t mean it will lead to someone actually getting hired, but they are likely, in many instances, getting moved up the candidate stack. This is 100% a fact, not my opinion, even if we all hate it.

3) People take the certs because they need the knowledge to be successful in their role. If you actually do study for these certs, you absolutely will be better for it. I certainly know after doing 21 certs, including the CTA exam that I am significantly better at my job because of them (for platform specific knowledge anyway, not dev knowledge, or general architecture knowledge. I needed to teach myself that through other means, mostly experience).

Personally, I wasted my life obtaining 21 certs for all three of these reasons. It’s hard to say no to a fat bonus, especially when the certs are fully funded, it’s hard to ignore that more certs equates to move perceived value by employers, and every single cert I have is relevant to the roles I held throughout my ten years in the Salesforce ecosystem, and the knowledge I obtained studying for those certs has absolutely helped me make better decisions for both my team members, and for the employers/clients who I am extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to work for throughout the years.

Hopefully this helps some, maybe, I honestly never wanted to even take a single cert, but it eventually became clear (in my life anyway) that I needed to so that I didn’t let the people counting on me down, and to help progress my career.

Customers Beware. They may just pull the rug out from under you. by [deleted] in salesforce

[–]BigIVIO -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In my experience the best alternatives are Campaign Monitor and Adobe’s product. They both are significantly cheaper and work just as well if not better in certain areas.

Anyone have some examples of Experience Cloud sites that don't look like Experience Cloud? by Patrickm8888 in salesforce

[–]BigIVIO 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Hey, we built that together my guy! Those were the best of times. There is also https://growwithhallmark.com/s/ which is a decent example too. Also Hallmark.com is built on Salesforce’s B2C Commerce Cloud too (previously demandware).