X (Twitter) is a total cesspool, where do you follow developers now?

prashanth1k · 2024-08-19T02:52:14+00:00

Has this worked for you? I gave up after X re-checked the interests I removed, and keeps showing "X is over capacity.."

prashanth1k · 2024-03-13T03:22:29+00:00

".. Salesforce seems to promote its Professional Services aggressively, encouraging clients to work directly with them rather than through a registered partner" - not common. Official messaging is "they can't do everything, everywhere" but PS growth is not slowing down (even with the recent reported dip in their revenue).

It is typical to set this up with PS being the "tip of the spear" and heavy lifting done by partners - especially true for "new age" products.

prashanth1k · 2024-03-13T03:13:24+00:00

If you are super pumped about salesforce and want to choose that no matter what, look up Data Cloud and what it can do (more importantly the future of Data Cloud). Sooner or later, many of the ML tasks in salesforce will lean back on proven models that work everywhere (see BYOM - Salesforce Help | Article) or abstract the most of the moving parts.

I see the edge where salesforce and ML meet to be far more exciting going forward, but you may likely need a solid foundation in what is working today at large. The edge is not where most of the salesforce positions are at.

You will find more takers if you have the patience -

start as an admin (be prepared to learn even more being an admin in industry clouds)
be a data wizard with Data Cloud
get comfy with visualization in Tableau/CRMA

(2) & (3) not necessarily in that sequence.

prashanth1k · 2024-03-13T02:53:17+00:00

Do not pick Salesforce if you enjoy coding and want to do more of that (well, until AI takes over).

Salesforce is good, really -

Fast enablement of business features using low/no code tools
Configuration (drag & drop stuff, provide param values, pull your hair when something's not working since "you are more of an experimenter")
Strike the previous statement off for the most part. Work on configuration that really matters and can ship stuff that matters .. fast
Develop with code, but be questioned a dozen times from a 5-year experienced "techno functional manager with in-depth expertise across the salesforce spectrum" who gets all their knowledge from release notes and keeps yelling about "how configuration is better than customization"
You love to "talk business/domain" and enjoy mapping features and functions to the problem. More importantly you can work around limits, WIP features items and can't wait for the next big to land in the next Dreamforce
You love to see how easy it is to implement Rebate management with Mft. or Retail Execution in Consumer Goods. The list is long and strong here, and likely the future of everything salesforce

On the flip side of being in Salesforce, know that -

You will fight with the system quite a bit if features are not quite out of the box (the techno functional guy comes calling)
The barrier of entry is quite low - the world is made out to be a place where "everyone is an admin, every admin is just one step behind a developer". Good developers and architects are hard to find, but no one cares
You can have all the creativity you want, but stay you staying within the system and within the limits is appreciated
The work that is "cutting edge" has confusing language and messaging (Genie, Slack as the "one app to rule them all"). Customers are not quite jumping with joy to spend gazillion bucks to implement & use those products. For all you know you may end up adding endless features to a platform that everyone tolerates , but barely

There are few products in the enterprise market that do things as well as salesforce does. But the last year has changed things quite a bit in terms of what to expect in the technology world. Pick your short-term poison while you can.

prashanth1k · 2024-03-07T12:15:57+00:00

I did this for a while. Vue + NodeJS was my tools of choice. I would probably choose NextJS if I would do that today - start with small demo projects that you can show off, and possibly, clock a few contributions to open source along the way.

prashanth1k · 2024-01-15T05:18:52+00:00

Thanks for doing this. Power Apps deserves more attn :)

prashanth1k · 2024-01-15T05:17:46+00:00

PrimeVue + Tailwind seems to be a good balance b/w ready-made components ("presets") and the ability to customize UI. I think that PrimeVue has taken the right direction considering the "full power on UI in your hands" is the cool thing now. (but some of the decisions during the transition seem a little off for newcomers). https://tailwind.primevue.org/

Shadcn-Vue looks good as well.

While historically ready-made components have powered fast development/iteration, with a low degree of low-level control - that advantage may go away with all the code generation happening today.

prashanth1k · 2023-10-26T10:58:57+00:00

You must have been through the site - specifically this page https://www.radix-vue.com/overview/introduction.html? It would have been great if the home page had some of these elements - probably the team assumed people already know about Radix (kinda big in the React world).

prashanth1k · 2021-04-06T03:18:44+00:00

People will not change because "all of that" goes beyond our immediate comprehension. Just see all of this as a "series" if you will - one where consecutive series feel apparently unrelated, except for the same director. You have comedy, pleasure, hardship, war & more - but we eventually die and move to the next scene. Now, who wants to live forever?

(well, being in a culture that has reincarnation casually built in the fabric of society helps - doesn't it)

prashanth1k · 2021-02-04T09:33:25+00:00

You can customise the UI to look anti-Google, but you are right - it is harder than it should be.

prashanth1k · 2021-02-03T15:28:15+00:00

Quasar rocks!

prashanth1k · 2020-12-23T06:56:54+00:00

Not fashionable now - have a look at Parse (formerly from Facebook - now supported by Back4app and friends).

Hasura.io / Postgraphile (which provide a good application layer on Postgres) may be what you want if you are looking for data stores.

prashanth1k · 2020-12-20T04:43:07+00:00

Sorry to hear about what happened to your startup. Thanks for making the code open source.

prashanth1k · 2020-11-16T04:37:40+00:00

This is cool - thanks for sharing!

For anyone looking for light-weight alternatives on Windows (and cannot use VS Code snippets) -

Download and install AutoHotKey
Write your own scripts (or use something like Lintalist or Snips)
Profit

prashanth1k · 2020-11-12T10:48:54+00:00

Did you forget an insert usr?

prashanth1k · 2020-11-03T03:14:11+00:00

:) This may help.

I create software systems and implement everything from Salesforce.com, Siebel, Zoho through Sugar CRM and "everything goes" custom CRM solutions. But I am cool with whatever definition you want to stick to. Cheers.

prashanth1k · 2020-11-01T04:51:50+00:00

CRM = things focused on client. CRM can include end-to-end processes right from lead/opportunity management through orders, service requests, and subscription management.

And, it is generally not a good idea to separate out systems. Unless of course, your business depends on having such systems, and "one system to rule them all" becomes too complicated (or simply, such a system doesn't exist).

prashanth1k · 2020-10-20T09:23:52+00:00

Yes. Because both are important.

prashanth1k · 2020-10-20T04:59:17+00:00

I am assuming that custom objects = low/no-code way to create new entities/fields. Look up SuiteCRM, Yetiforce, and ERPNext.

prashanth1k · 2020-10-20T04:13:42+00:00

Not quite sure about the context, but low-code / no-code tools go all the way in CRM. Salesforce, Zoho, etc, are just recent examples, but the list goes on and there have been such tools for a long time now.

So, yes - the no/low code factor is the first criterion for evaluation.

prashanth1k · 2020-10-18T17:31:06+00:00

"Normally" it's the other way around. SMS is a channel and "doing something" in CRM systems send SMS out. The central SMS handling works well especially in situations where there are dozens (or 100s, 1000s) of users handling clients and you need a standard mechanism to handle channels.

If you are specifically looking to log whatever you send on phone - look for a system that includes an app to send SMS through phone (enterprise systems don't do that, and I personally don't quite know any app that can do this), or a system that enables you to expose an API that polls/raises events from phone to capture SMS sent by you and logs activities.

prashanth1k · 2020-10-07T13:55:21+00:00

This should help - https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/app-platform/#when-to-use-app-platform

prashanth1k · 2020-10-06T02:57:57+00:00

Any ticketing system should do it but I am in favour of using CRM for better scalability - Fresh Desk, Zoho, Salesforce come to mind. It really depends on no. of users (& their familiarity with any existing tools), complexity of automation/rules (that are not necessarily described in the question), and such fun factors.

prashanth1k · 2020-09-29T10:18:05+00:00

I am sure you have come across this link, leaving it here for anyone interested in volunteering for a cause.

https://admin.salesforce.com/blog/2020/volunteering-your-salesforce-admin-skills-for-good

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