Before the Title: What Makes Someone an Architect?
What makes someone an architect: the certification, the title, or the work? You may be making architectural decisions long before anyone calls you an architect.
Author: Kristi Brown
Chasing my kids, chasing my dreams. Salesforce junkie (and architect). Adventurer. Salesforce MVP. Tableau Ambassador. Salesforce User Group Leader. AmeriCorps alum. I like dinosaurs, stickers, and learning new things!
Back to Basics: Security Is an Architecture Decision
Security isn’t the permission set you add after the solution is built. From identity and access to integrations, agents, and ongoing review, good security architecture starts by asking the right questions before you design.
The Librarian, the Card Catalog, and RAG
What do card catalogs, librarians, and RAG have in common? A surprisingly good way to understand how AI finds and uses enterprise knowledge, and why the library we build matters just as much as the librarian.
I Used to Think the Goal Was to Be the Expert
Reflecting on 15 years of building, learning, leading, and becoming the expert, I’m realizing that growth isn’t always about knowing more. Sometimes it’s about making room for someone else to become the expert, too.
Backyard Operations: My Chickens Didn’t Need a Dashboard
I built dashboards, collected sensor data, and tracked my chickens. Then I stopped looking. Turns out, the most useful thing Backyard Operations taught me was to start with the problem, not the technology.
Google Photos, Please Dress Me for Dreamforce
I work from home, barely wear shoes, and may have forgotten how real pants work. Can Google Photos help me plan my Dreamforce wardrobe?
Back to Basics: Data Quality Is an Architecture Decision
Data quality isn’t just an administrative concern. It’s an architectural decision. Explore the often-overlooked Salesforce features that help prevent bad data, standardize processes, and build a foundation for trustworthy reporting, effective governance, and intelligent solutions.
Back to Basics: Modeling the Business, Not the Software
Great architecture starts with understanding the business, not the software. Discover why your data model is one of the most important investments you can make, creating a stronger foundation for reporting, automation, security, AI, and whatever comes next.
Back to Basics: The Fundamentals Didn’t Change. The Stakes Did.
AI isn’t replacing good architecture. It’s exposing bad architecture. Back to Basics is a new series exploring the Salesforce fundamentals that have quietly become the foundation for AI-ready organizations.
We’ve Been Training for This Moment
Reflecting on the excitement and challenges of leading the AI revolution within the Agentforce community.
