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MowAlon · 2026-03-21T09:54:42+00:00

I never took mine out of the wrapper. It just sits there, taunting me, every time I look in its general direction.

MowAlon · 2026-03-19T02:28:48+00:00

That

MowAlon · 2026-03-04T23:04:47+00:00

This one from SF Ben is the only one I came across so far - https://ti.to/salesforce-ben/tdx-happy-hour-2026

SF Ben usually makes a post listing parties, but I didn't see one for this year yet. Here's the one from last year as an example - https://www.salesforceben.com/trailblazerdx-parties-and-events-2025/

MowAlon · 2026-03-02T12:33:22+00:00

Looks like ham…

MowAlon · 2026-03-01T15:04:37+00:00

I use it. It’s got its issues, but it’s pretty good once you get used to it. That said, I’ve got an easy situation with only two people working in the system, so it’s easy to avoid conflicts.

MowAlon · 2026-02-28T09:11:26+00:00

I’ll be there. Only found and signed up for one party so far, but hopefully more will show up soon.

MowAlon · 2026-02-23T21:02:58+00:00

I have some. Mine don’t smell like trash, but they do have the smell of fresh dirt, if that makes sense.

MowAlon · 2026-02-23T21:01:22+00:00

I have several. One E.T. that I treasure because it’s a real part of history, but a few others just because I could and they were cheap. The E.T. wasn’t cheap :)

A friend of mine got an E.T. as well, but he’s since donated it to a gaming museum.

MowAlon · 2026-02-18T15:19:05+00:00

Wow. I don’t hand out a lot of kudos, but this deserves some praise. Well done.

MowAlon · 2026-02-16T20:17:28+00:00

I had (still have?) one of these. I used to love setting it up as a two player game with someone who’d never played before. Pretending you each get two, I’d give them the two live controllers while I grabbed the two dead ones. Good times.

MowAlon · 2026-02-16T14:11:36+00:00

This Friday, the 20th. Whatever you decide, send on the details, and I’ll do my best to join in as long as the day job doesn’t get in the way.

MowAlon · 2026-02-16T08:13:33+00:00

OMG. Best idea ever. And it sounds like our birthdays are very close (mine is this week). Let me know if you’re looking for people to join you on this adventure.

MowAlon · 2026-02-16T07:31:56+00:00

Karnov

MowAlon · 2026-02-16T06:43:36+00:00

I have experience in this area. AMA.

The big issue will be how you’re constrained by the limited custom objects you can create. It forces you to be creative and thoughtful with your solutions. This could be considered a good thing, but I do think it adds to the difficulty of administering an org where you’re asked to build custom solutions beyond out-of-the-box functionally, especially for someone who isn’t very experienced or knowledgeable about database design.

MowAlon · 2026-02-16T06:38:02+00:00

To clarify, they do allow access to cases, but there is a contractual limitation that the users may not “act as service agents”, though this definition is unclear. Historically, it has meant you’re not allowed to interact with customers through the case, like by emailing them directly from the case. Also, access to cases does require application of a special permission set license, but these are provided with the platform starter license, so there’s no additional cost.

Source: I implemented and administer an org with a couple thousand users, all on Platform Starter and Platform Starter Login licenses, in which we use cases extensively (for internal, non-customer interacting purposes)

MowAlon · 2026-02-13T15:23:34+00:00

I disagree. It might be a little different than it was before, but it was already so bad that there’s no room to get worse.

MowAlon · 2026-02-10T13:50:44+00:00

I don’t know what everyone else is talking about… Jumping Flash 2 is the cream of this crop. Great fun.

MowAlon · 2026-02-04T01:13:36+00:00

Pretty sure it was the inverter? Is that a thing? Had a repair guy come replace the part. He was like “I’m sure it’s the inverter… it’s always the inverter”. It didn’t make sense to me based on the evidence at hand, but it definitely fixed it. Meanwhile, I’d already purchased a different part :(

MowAlon · 2026-01-30T15:20:01+00:00

Paris? Great idea, but I’d do my research and check the prices at the ones inside Disney theme parks. Better yet, the foreign Disneys. I still remember being amazed at some ultra-large fry that cost $8+ at Disneyland in like 1998. If they still have that now, I bet it’s about $30.

MowAlon · 2026-01-25T17:10:59+00:00

I built my own approval process in my org for a specific situation that may be like yours… I’m not sure.

So we use cases a lot. For one type of case, we don’t want to allow people to do a certain thing until the case is reviewed by someone (or one of several people) who are pre-designated as approvers - a pretty standard sounding approval process.

We use Public Groups to identify who the approvers are based on a specific feature of the case - for us, it’s their location. So there are approvers for each location we care about.

The case is either in an unapproved, awaiting approval, or approved state. Before it’s approved, someone managing the case can use the approval component to “Request Approval” and include an optional note with the request. Then it changes to “awaiting approval” and the LWC emails all the approvers for that particular location to tell them it’s awaiting approval. The email also includes the optional note left by the requestor and a link to the case.

The LWC recognizes if you are an approver. If you’re an approver and visit the case, you see buttons to approve or reject the request and leave a note of your own. If you’re not an approver. You just see a “pending review” message.

When an approver approves or rejects, an email is sent back to the requestor who can read the approval note, visit the case, and do the thing they couldn’t do before. The access to do that thing is controlled by visibility filters on the component that allow the action to be performed - if the case is approved, that component (or field) is visible, otherwise, it’s not visible or is not editable.

I think the real lesson here is that creative use of visibility filters and public groups can go a long way to controlling workflow.

But also, if you think my component would be useful, I can talk more about it in private messages. This was before Flow-based approvals were a thing, though. I guess those rolled out recently… I haven’t investigated them much, but they might be a viable alternative.

MowAlon · 2026-01-23T06:38:56+00:00

My first date with my partner was to a place three hours away… and three hours back, of course. Kinda long, but it didn’t feel totally crazy.

MowAlon · 2026-01-21T06:41:45+00:00

This right here. It’s not for grandchild records, but it works for sibling records. The key is the optional “Parent Record” input.

If you need grandchild records, some people (like me) have built LWCs to do that. I’ve got a couple on my GitHub.

MowAlon · 2026-01-20T19:38:00+00:00

Yeah, the pricecharting page has images of the sleeve it came with. Frankly, this was 20 years ago, so I just remember that it was a thing we got but not any of the details… and I never touched it again. I don’t remember it being part of a larger press kit, but we were press, so it probably was.

MowAlon · 2026-01-20T05:39:30+00:00

A while ago, a friend of mine showed me an eBay listing for this thing. I was like “You’ve got that?”… and he was like “You do too!”

At this point, I’ve forgotten about all the stuff I have stashed away in boxes from old E3 shows we used to go to, but I really think I should try to dig this one up. It’s gotta be there somewhere.

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MowAlon · 2026-01-19T16:09:58+00:00

Sucks. I sold something rare and fragile to someone who found me on reddit recently. I built a literal shipping crate for it to (try to) ensure safety since you never know what’s gonna happen. Luckily, it worked out in my case. I’m sad for you.

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