Engineer from Pune, India. Building digital systems and writing software to make the world more digital. Passionate about technology, architecture, and the art of jugaad.https://abhishekkatyare.com/en-ushttps://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/agent-script-when-your-ai-agent-needs-a-spine/https://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/agent-script-when-your-ai-agent-needs-a-spine/Agentforce agents built from natural-language instructions are flexible — and unpredictable. Agent Script adds a deterministic backbone: real control flow, real variables, real source control. Here is what it is, why it beats clicking topics together in a builder, and a full implementation guide with a regulated insurance claims-intake agent.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/swatantryaveer-savarkar-a-tribute/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/swatantryaveer-savarkar-a-tribute/On his birth anniversary, a tribute to Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar — freedom fighter, poet, and reformer. From the child prodigy of Bhagur to the cellular jail of Andaman, and from the purification of the Marathi language to the philosophy of Hindutva.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/swatantryaveer-savarkar-jayanti/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/swatantryaveer-savarkar-jayanti/स्वातंत्र्यवीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर यांच्या जयंतीनिमित्त त्यांच्या तेजस्वी जीवनप्रवासाला, क्रांतिकार्याला आणि साहित्यसंपदेला विनम्र अभिवादन — भगूरच्या बालकवीपासून ते अंदमानच्या काळकोठडीपर्यंत, आणि भाषाशुद्धीपासून ते हिंदुत्वाच्या तत्त्वज्ञानापर्यंत.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/dont-eat-the-menu/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/dont-eat-the-menu/On the difference between the symbol and the thing it stands for — why money is just a unit of measurement, why your identity is a patchwork of stories other people wrote, and why the buck has to stop with you, right now.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/the-great-salesforce-bifurcation/https://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/the-great-salesforce-bifurcation/Developer demand is down 12% year over year. Technical Architect demand is up 27%. Supply outpaces demand by 3.4x. Behind those numbers is the quietest, most awkward career migration in enterprise software — and it is not the 'everyone is leaving Salesforce' story most people are telling.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/salesforce-headless-360-in-practice-react-agentforce-and-mcp/https://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/salesforce-headless-360-in-practice-react-agentforce-and-mcp/Salesforce Headless 360 is not just headless Salesforce. It is three programmable surfaces — REST, MCP, and CLI — that turn the platform into infrastructure for AI agents and modern frontends. Here is the working playbook with React, Agentforce, and the Salesforce MCP server.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/building-headless-salesforce-with-react-a-step-by-step-guide/https://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/building-headless-salesforce-with-react-a-step-by-step-guide/A complete technical walkthrough for architects and developers — from business case to working code. Build a custom React frontend on top of Salesforce as a headless backend, with authentication, secure API calls, real CRUD operations, and production-ready patterns.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/you-are-a-tube-in-praise-of-purposelessness/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/you-are-a-tube-in-praise-of-purposelessness/A witty defense of purposelessness for the chronically over-optimized — on why you are biologically just a very anxious tube, why music has no finish line, and why the highest form of living might be whacking a tree stump with a stick.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/salesforce-just-broke-up-with-its-own-ui/https://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/salesforce-just-broke-up-with-its-own-ui/Headless 360 and React support landed in the same release. Contradiction? No — it's a masterclass in platform anxiety dressed up as strategy. Here is what it actually means for developers, admins, and anyone evaluating Salesforce in 2026.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-cosmic-prank-you-are-the-universe/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-cosmic-prank-you-are-the-universe/An old idea, told slightly unhinged: you are not a lonely meat-sack stranded in a hostile cosmos — you are the cosmos itself, briefly pretending to be a person who forgot to mute himself on the morning call.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/god-mode-is-boring/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/god-mode-is-boring/Hand yourself a magic wand and total control over reality, and something strange happens: it gets boring. On why surprise beats certainty, why maxed-out pleasure curdles, and why 'I don't know' might be the most freeing thing you can say.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:30:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/youre-going-to-die-relax/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/youre-going-to-die-relax/We keep deferring our lives to a future that never quite arrives — the next promotion, the next blender, the someday we'll finally feel alive. On the hoax of the future, why your to-do-list version of yesterday is a ghost of the real thing, and why the anxious self you're straining to fix was never actually there.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:45:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/shut-up-and-eat-your-donut/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/shut-up-and-eat-your-donut/Life only feels complicated because you keep trying to explain it — and the only tool the mind has is a knife. On why the flower isn't complicated (the botany is), why every solved problem just relocates our worry, and why the night sky is less a question to answer than a firework display to enjoy.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:55:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/please-dont-live-forever/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/please-dont-live-forever/The cheerful case against immortality — why a world where nobody dies is an overcrowded, unpruned mess, why death is how the universe keeps its sense of wonder, and why refusing to give your body back to the soil is the one ungrateful move in an otherwise generous life.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:08:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/leave-the-fish-in-the-water/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/leave-the-fish-in-the-water/Some of the most destructive people in history were dead certain they were helping. On the monkey who 'rescued' the fish by setting it up a tree, why a world made entirely of saints would be a nightmare, and why the highest kind of goodness — like breathing — never once thinks of itself as good.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:15:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/the-engineers-guide-to-jugaad/https://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/the-engineers-guide-to-jugaad/In India, jugaad means finding a clever, resourceful solution with whatever you have. In engineering, it is the most underrated superpower. Here is how frugal innovation, creative constraints, and the refusal to accept 'impossible' can produce extraordinary results.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/stop-trying-youre-ruining-it/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/stop-trying-youre-ruining-it/The harder you grip the date, the presentation, the putt, the more spectacularly you blow it. On the ancient paradox of effortless action — why the river never strains to reach the sea, why the micromanager is the problem, and why doing a thing well so often means quitting trying to.Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:20:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/you-probably-dont-have-a-big-data-problem/https://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/you-probably-dont-have-a-big-data-problem/Most companies drowning in data are not drowning because of volume. They are drowning because of bad pipelines, no governance, and dashboards nobody reads. A reality check on big data, modern analytics, and what actually moves the needle.Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/the-ai-engineers-survival-guide-for-2026/https://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/the-ai-engineers-survival-guide-for-2026/LLMs changed everything and nothing. The hype is deafening, the tooling is chaotic, and everyone is an AI expert now. Here is what actually matters if you are building AI-powered products in the real world — not in a demo.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/bring-an-oar-to-a-sword-fight/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/bring-an-oar-to-a-sword-fight/Your enemies are no longer assassins — they're a frozen Wi-Fi router and a passive-aggressive email, yet you meet them as though they're trying to kill you. On the immovable mind, the difference between reacting and responding, and why an undefeated swordsman once won the most important duel of his life by being maddeningly, serenely late.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:24:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/your-toaster-does-not-need-kubernetes/https://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/your-toaster-does-not-need-kubernetes/The IoT industry has a bloat problem. We are shipping cloud-native architectures to devices with 256KB of RAM. Here is a field guide to building embedded systems that actually work — reliably, efficiently, and without a subscription fee.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/youre-sitting-on-a-box-of-gold/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/youre-sitting-on-a-box-of-gold/There's a parable about a beggar who spent thirty years asking strangers for change while sitting on a box full of gold. On why discomfort is unavoidable but suffering is optional, why you are not the voice in your head, and why one small question — am I being present? — reliably ends the misery.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 20:28:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-boring-business-software/https://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-boring-business-software/Glamorous tech gets the headlines, but the real money — and the real engineering challenges — live in CRM workflows, ERP integrations, and the unsexy plumbing that keeps businesses running. A love letter to boring software.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/how-to-make-impossible-decisions-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/how-to-make-impossible-decisions-in-salesforce/Practical frameworks for making tough architecture decisions — weighted matrices, reversible vs irreversible decisions, Architecture Decision Records, and knowing when good enough beats perfect.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/why-every-system-eventually-becomes-a-distributed-system/https://abhishekkatyare.com/tech/why-every-system-eventually-becomes-a-distributed-system/From a single SQLite file to a sprawling microservices mesh — the gravitational pull toward distribution is real, inevitable, and often misunderstood. Here is why it happens, when to resist it, and how to survive the transition.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/are-you-happy-or-sad-yes/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/are-you-happy-or-sad-yes/How do you fall in love with a universe that is, on honest inspection, a bit of a horror show? On the trap of cosmic detachment (lawful, perfect, and faintly sociopathic), the opposite trap of an unguarded heart, and the strange skill of standing in both at once — heartbroken and serene in the very same breath.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:30:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/standard-object-oddities-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/standard-object-oddities-in-salesforce/The quirky exceptions and limitations of Salesforce standard objects that every architect must know — Quick Actions, Queue ownership, CRUD restrictions, Lookup limitations, and Dynamic Forms compatibility.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/data-storage-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/data-storage-in-salesforce/How to calculate, monitor, and manage Salesforce data storage — per-record sizes, storage allocation, objects that don't count, and strategies for keeping storage under control.Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/salesforce-security-for-architects/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/salesforce-security-for-architects/A comprehensive guide to Salesforce security architecture — implicit sharing, roles vs territories, team sharing, data skew prevention, guest user security, and standard object sharing limitations.Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-dial-behind-your-eyes/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-dial-behind-your-eyes/Suppose a dial were wired in beside your eyes, and turning it changed what a person actually is — body, then personality, then soul, then a single shared awareness, then nothing at all. On the many channels of identity, why you are not the car you happen to be driving around in, and why being nobody in particular turns out to be an enormous relief.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:33:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/basics-of-networking-for-salesforce-architects/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/basics-of-networking-for-salesforce-architects/Essential networking concepts every Salesforce Architect needs to know — LANs, WANs, IP addresses, subnets, firewalls, DMZs, proxies, and how they all connect to Salesforce integration design.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/complex-reporting-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/complex-reporting-in-salesforce/How to choose between Salesforce Reports, CRM Analytics, and Tableau — understanding when each tool is the right fit based on data complexity, volume, and business needs.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-sky-inside-you/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-sky-inside-you/There's a kind of room inside you that the noise in your head has been renting for free for years. On why the old Eastern traditions care about taste rather than footnotes, why 'heaven' and 'sky' are the same word in so many languages, and how to find the spaciousness your thoughts have been borrowing all along.Sat, 14 Feb 2026 20:37:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/gigantic-data-loads-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/gigantic-data-loads-in-salesforce/How to handle massive data migrations into Salesforce — choosing the right tools, preventing data skew, ensuring data quality, and testing strategies for large-scale loads.Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/salesforce-org-governance/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/salesforce-org-governance/What Salesforce governance is, why it matters as your org scales, the key governance areas every architect must address, and how to build and staff a Center of Excellence.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/choosing-a-mobile-strategy-for-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/choosing-a-mobile-strategy-for-salesforce/How to choose the right mobile strategy for Salesforce — comparing the Salesforce Mobile App, Mobile Publisher, custom apps with Mobile SDK, and PWAs with practical decision criteria.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/authentication-flows-and-integration-patterns/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/authentication-flows-and-integration-patterns/A deep dive into OAuth authentication flows, Salesforce integration patterns, Enterprise Service Buses, TLS/mTLS, and choosing between Platform Events and Change Data Capture.Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/custom-vs-out-of-the-box-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/custom-vs-out-of-the-box-in-salesforce/A practical framework for deciding when to use out-of-the-box Salesforce features versus custom development — understanding the true cost of customization and the 80/20 rule.Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/salesforce-org-strategy/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/salesforce-org-strategy/How to choose between a single Salesforce org and multiple orgs — weighing data isolation, compliance, cost, complexity, and when Salesforce Connect bridges the gap.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/estimating-salesforce-project-work/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/estimating-salesforce-project-work/A practical guide to project estimation for Salesforce Architects — accounting for all team roles, managing expectations, estimating to median talent, and a hands-on estimation exercise.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/building-and-leading-a-salesforce-dev-team/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/building-and-leading-a-salesforce-dev-team/How to hire the right Salesforce developers, lead through servant leadership, train your team effectively, and why your role as architect is to serve — not boss — your team.Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/communication-for-salesforce-architects/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/communication-for-salesforce-architects/Why communication is the most critical skill for Salesforce Architects — how to talk to stakeholders, ask the right discovery questions, set realistic expectations, and build lasting trust.Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/basics-of-diagramming-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/basics-of-diagramming-in-salesforce/A complete guide to diagramming for Salesforce Architects — system architecture diagrams, ERDs, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and more, with tool recommendations and a hands-on project.Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/introduction-to-salesforce-architecture/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/introduction-to-salesforce-architecture/What a Salesforce Architect actually does, how the role differs from a developer, the different types of architect certifications and specializations, and the best resources to start your architecture journey.Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/building-a-salesforce-portfolio-experience-cloud-site/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/building-a-salesforce-portfolio-experience-cloud-site/The ultimate LWC project — build your own Salesforce portfolio as an Experience Cloud site using custom Lightning Web Components, showcasing everything you have learned in this series.Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/useful-apis-for-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/useful-apis-for-lwc/A guide to the most useful APIs available to Lightning Web Components — the Refresh View API, GraphQL API, FileDownload API, Location Services, Barcode Scanner, Document Scanner, NFC Service, Biometric Service, and AppReviewService.Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lwc-jest-testing/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lwc-jest-testing/A complete guide to unit testing Lightning Web Components with Jest — setup, writing basic tests, beforeEach and afterEach, testing events, conditional rendering, iterators, wire adapters, Apex calls, child components, and CI/CD integration.Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/building-mobile-ready-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/building-mobile-ready-lwc/How to build Lightning Web Components that work on mobile — understanding mobile readiness, designing for mobile, setting up responsive CSS, and leveraging dynamic template rendering for mobile layouts.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/caching-and-cookies-in-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/caching-and-cookies-in-lwc/How to leverage client-side storage in Lightning Web Components — browser cache, cookies, and the Salesforce platform cache to improve performance and user experience.Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lwc-and-flows-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lwc-and-flows-in-salesforce/How to integrate Lightning Web Components with Flows — building LWCs for screen flows, embedding flows inside LWCs, useful scenarios, and a project building a multi-screen flow with reusable dynamic components.Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/building-lwc-for-quick-actions-and-global-actions/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/building-lwc-for-quick-actions-and-global-actions/How to build Lightning Web Components for quick actions and global actions — understanding action types, creating screen actions, handling record context, and a project building a reusable case creation action.Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lwc-modules-and-javascript-static-resources/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lwc-modules-and-javascript-static-resources/How to create reusable JavaScript modules for LWC and how to import third-party JavaScript libraries as static resources into your Lightning Web Components.Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-lwc-navigation-service/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-lwc-navigation-service/A complete guide to the LWC Navigation Service — how to set it up, and an overview of every pageReference type for navigating to records, objects, apps, tabs, web pages, and more.Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/design-attributes-targeting-and-icons-in-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/design-attributes-targeting-and-icons-in-lwc/How to make your LWC configurable and placeable — design attributes for admin configuration, targeting to control where components appear, and adding custom SVG icons to your components.Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/debugging-lwc-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/debugging-lwc-in-salesforce/How to debug Lightning Web Components — enabling the Lightning debugger, using console logging effectively, setting breakpoints in the browser console, and common debugging strategies.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lwc-exception-handling/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lwc-exception-handling/A complete guide to exception handling in Lightning Web Components — try-catch blocks, throwing and creating custom errors, toast notifications, building a reusable error handling module, promise failures, and handling Apex exceptions.Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/retrieving-data-from-apex-in-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/retrieving-data-from-apex-in-lwc/How to call Apex from Lightning Web Components — imperative Apex calls, the wire service, refreshApex, sending SObject data from LWC to Apex, and proper exception handling for Apex calls.Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-lightning-data-service-in-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-lightning-data-service-in-lwc/A complete guide to the Lightning Data Service — retrieving records, the Lightning Record View Form, Record Edit Form, Record Form, intercepting form submissions, and the full uiAPI for creating, updating, and deleting records.Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/how-to-style-your-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/how-to-style-your-lwc/A complete guide to styling Lightning Web Components — the Salesforce Lightning Design System, SLDS custom variables and global styling hooks, using SLDS in your LWC, creating CSS files, reusable CSS, and using static resources for styling.Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-lightning-web-component-library/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-lightning-web-component-library/A guide to the Lightning Web Component Library — what it is, when to use library components vs building your own, how to extend base components like lightning-datatable, and a project building a data entry form with library components.Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/events-in-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/events-in-lwc/Mastering component communication in LWC — custom events for child-to-parent communication, public methods and properties for parent-to-child, the Lightning Message Service for cross-component communication, and platform events via the empAPI.Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/data-binding-templates-and-composition-in-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/data-binding-templates-and-composition-in-lwc/Deep dive into LWC templates — data binding, getters and setters, dynamic rendering with lwc:if, for:each iteration, the render method, component composition, lwc:spread, slots, and the slot change event.Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lwc-lifecycle-hooks-and-decorators/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lwc-lifecycle-hooks-and-decorators/Understanding LWC lifecycle hooks and decorators — constructor, connectedCallback, renderedCallback, disconnectedCallback, errorCallback, and the @api, @wire, and @track decorators with practical examples.Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/an-introduction-to-xml-for-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/an-introduction-to-xml-for-lwc/XML fundamentals for Lightning Web Components — what XML is, the structure of LWC metadata XML files, configuring targets, design attributes, and a complete XML cheat sheet.Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/an-introduction-to-javascript-for-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/an-introduction-to-javascript-for-lwc/JavaScript fundamentals for Lightning Web Components — classes, variables, data types, JSON, methods, the this keyword, DOM interaction, collections, operators, conditionals, modules, async programming, promises, destructuring, spread operator, exception handling, events, and debugging.Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/an-introduction-to-css-for-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/an-introduction-to-css-for-lwc/CSS fundamentals for Lightning Web Components — what CSS is, essential styling concepts for LWCs, how CSS scoping works in Shadow DOM, and how to debug CSS in the browser console.Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/an-introduction-to-html-for-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/an-introduction-to-html-for-lwc/HTML fundamentals for Lightning Web Components — what HTML is, the essential elements and attributes you need for building LWCs, and how to debug HTML in the browser console.Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/an-introduction-to-the-dom-for-lwc/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/an-introduction-to-the-dom-for-lwc/Understanding the DOM for Lightning Web Components — what the DOM is, the difference between Light DOM, Shadow DOM, and Synthetic Shadow DOM, and how Lightning Locker Service and Lightning Web Security work.Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-basics-of-lwc-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-basics-of-lwc-in-salesforce/An introduction to Lightning Web Components — what they are, when to use LWC vs Aura, when to build custom components vs using out-of-the-box tools, frontend vs backend code, setting up your org, creating your first LWC, and placing it on a page.Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/useful-open-source-libraries-for-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/useful-open-source-libraries-for-salesforce/A guide to the most valuable open source libraries in the Salesforce ecosystem — Apex Common, Apex Mocks, Universal Mocker, Nebula Logger, Apex Rollup, open source trigger frameworks, and a hands-on project using Apex Rollup.Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/setting-up-a-cicd-pipeline-for-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/setting-up-a-cicd-pipeline-for-salesforce/A complete guide to CI/CD for Salesforce — what CI/CD is, what to include in your pipeline, popular tools, an introduction to YAML and shell scripting, and a hands-on project building a pipeline with GitHub Actions.Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/unlocked-packages-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/unlocked-packages-in-salesforce/A complete guide to Unlocked Packages — what they are, how to create them, how to version and update them, and a hands-on project deploying an unlocked package to a scratch org.Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/scratch-orgs-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/scratch-orgs-in-salesforce/Everything you need to know about Scratch Orgs — what they are, creating them from org shapes, working with unlocked packages, and integrating scratch orgs into your development workflow.Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-salesforce-cli/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-salesforce-cli/A comprehensive guide to the Salesforce CLI — what it is, deploying metadata, importing data, creating scratch orgs and sandboxes, essential commands, and the most useful plugins.Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/unit-testing-and-apex-mocks/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/unit-testing-and-apex-mocks/Advanced Apex testing — true unit tests without database access, the Apex Mocks library, mocking selectors, services, and domains, and a complete project testing an fflib application.Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/design-patterns-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/design-patterns-in-apex/The Gang of Four design patterns applied to Salesforce Apex — Singleton, Builder, Factory, Abstract Factory, Prototype, Facade, Composite, Adapter, Bridge, Decorator, Flyweight, Proxy, Observer, Template Method, Strategy, Chain of Responsibility, Command, and more.Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/apex-common-library/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/apex-common-library/A practical guide to the Apex Common Library — installing fflib, implementing the selector layer, domain layer, and service layer with the enterprise patterns framework.Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/solid-design-principles-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/solid-design-principles-in-apex/Applying the five SOLID principles to Salesforce Apex — Single Responsibility, Open-Closed, Liskov Substitution, Interface Segregation, and Dependency Inversion, with practical Salesforce examples.Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/separation-of-concerns-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/separation-of-concerns-in-apex/Understanding and implementing separation of concerns in Apex — the service layer, domain layer, selector layer, and how to structure enterprise Apex code for maintainability and testability.Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/object-oriented-concepts-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/object-oriented-concepts-in-apex/Mastering OOP in Apex — abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and composition. With practical Salesforce examples and a project using polymorphism for runtime behavior changes.Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/major-salesforce-apis/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/major-salesforce-apis/A comprehensive guide to every major Salesforce API — REST, SOAP, Bulk, Tooling, Metadata, UI, Streaming, Reports & Dashboards, and Models API. When to use each, how they work, and a hands-on project.Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/agentforce-for-developers/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/agentforce-for-developers/Building AI agents on Salesforce — setting up the Agentforce VS Code extension, configuring agents, creating custom Apex agent actions, and building an agent that uses Apex to make decisions.Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/basics-of-clean-code-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/basics-of-clean-code-in-apex/Writing clean, maintainable Apex — why methods should be small and do one thing, naming conventions that communicate intent, when to comment, and using PMD for static analysis.Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/version-control-for-salesforce-developers/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/version-control-for-salesforce-developers/Getting started with Git and GitHub for Salesforce development — installing Git, setting up local and remote repos, essential commands, branching strategies, and best practices.Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/most-common-salesforce-limits/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/most-common-salesforce-limits/A practical guide to Salesforce governor limits — SOQL, DML, CPU timeout, and integration limits. What they are, why they exist, how to hit them, and proven patterns to avoid them.Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/order-of-operations-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/order-of-operations-in-salesforce/Understanding how Salesforce processes a record save — the complete order of execution from initial validation through triggers, flows, assignment rules, and DML statements. With practical examples showing how the order affects your code.Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/async-apex-project-scheduling-a-batch-update/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/async-apex-project-scheduling-a-batch-update/A hands-on project building a scheduled batch process — creating a service class, batch class, scheduled class, and comprehensive test classes for a real-world data update scenario.Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/basics-of-async-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/basics-of-async-apex/A comprehensive guide to asynchronous Apex — batch classes, scheduled classes, queueable classes, future methods, and platform events. When to use each, how to set them up, and best practices.Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/soap-integration-project-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/soap-integration-project-in-salesforce/A hands-on SOAP integration project — importing WSDLs, testing with SOAP UI, building a service class, and writing comprehensive test classes with WebServiceMock.Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/rest-integration-project-salesforce-to-github/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/rest-integration-project-salesforce-to-github/Build a production-quality REST integration between Salesforce and GitHub — from Named Credentials and Postman testing to wrapper classes, a service layer, and a complete test class with HttpCalloutMock.Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/basics-of-integrations-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/basics-of-integrations-in-apex/A complete guide to Salesforce integrations — REST, SOAP, Named Credentials, wrapper classes, JSON2Apex, HTTP callouts, WSDL-generated classes, and writing test classes with mock interfaces.Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/platform-cache-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/platform-cache-in-apex/Boost Salesforce performance with the Platform Cache — org cache vs session cache, partition setup, Cache.Org and Cache.Session classes, the CacheBuilder interface, TTL strategies, eviction policies, and testing patterns.Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/creating-apex-for-flows/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/creating-apex-for-flows/Learn how to build invocable Apex actions for Flows — @InvocableMethod, @InvocableVariable, input/output wrapper classes, bulkification, supported data types, error handling, testing, and a complete hands-on project.Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/building-a-mapping-application-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/building-a-mapping-application-in-apex/A complete walkthrough of building a field mapping application in Apex — service classes that read mapping configuration from Custom Metadata, a controller that coordinates the logic, a Visualforce page to run it, and full test coverage.Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/static-resources-custom-metadata-and-settings-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/static-resources-custom-metadata-and-settings-in-apex/Using Salesforce platform features in Apex — static resources for files, custom metadata types for app configuration, custom settings for org/user preferences, and custom labels for multilingual support.Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/apex-tests-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/apex-tests-in-salesforce/Writing effective Apex test classes — minimum requirements, test setup, assertions, data factories, integration vs unit tests, Test.startTest/stopTest, and building a comprehensive test suite.Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/apex-triggers-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/apex-triggers-in-salesforce/Everything about Apex triggers — trigger context variables, trigger handlers, bulkification, the order of execution, and best practices for writing production-grade triggers.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/programmatic-security-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/programmatic-security-in-apex/Enforcing security in Apex code — with/without/inherited sharing, object and field-level security, SOQL injection prevention, Apex managed sharing, and building security-aware applications.Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/debugging-apex-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/debugging-apex-in-salesforce/Master the art of debugging Apex — debug logs in the Developer Console and VS Code, System.debug, code chunking, the Log Panel for identifying bottlenecks, and a hands-on debugging project.Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/casting-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/casting-in-apex/Understanding type casting in Apex — implicit and explicit casting, upcasting and downcasting sObjects, the instanceof operator, and practical patterns for working with generic types.Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/exceptions-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/exceptions-in-apex/Understanding error handling in Apex — exception types, try-catch-finally blocks, creating and throwing custom exceptions, and building resilient Salesforce applications.Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/soql-and-sosl-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/soql-and-sosl-in-salesforce/Everything you need to know about querying data in Salesforce — SOQL SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, LIMIT, IN clauses, SOSL FIND and RETURNING, query limits, indexing, the Query Plan tool, and using queries in Apex.Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/conditional-statements-and-collection-iteration-in-apex/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/conditional-statements-and-collection-iteration-in-apex/Master control flow in Apex — if/else statements, switch statements, for loops, enhanced for loops, while and do-while loops, and best practices for iterating over collections efficiently.Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/apex-basic-concepts-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/apex-basic-concepts-in-salesforce/Your entry point into Salesforce development — what Apex is, setting up your IDE, classes, variables, data types, methods, constructors, operators, collections, access modifiers, and the static keyword.Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/data-cloud-and-agentforce-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/data-cloud-and-agentforce-in-salesforce/An admin's guide to Salesforce Data Cloud and Agentforce — setting up data streams, data models, identity resolution, Prompt Builder, and deploying AI agents.Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/managed-packages-and-the-appexchange/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/managed-packages-and-the-appexchange/Understanding Salesforce managed packages, the AppExchange marketplace, and how to evaluate, install, and manage third-party packages in your org.Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/salesforce-offline-access-and-mobile-app/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/salesforce-offline-access-and-mobile-app/How to set up Briefcase Builder for offline access and configure the Salesforce Mobile App for your users — installation, setup, and offline features.Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/mass-updating-data-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/mass-updating-data-in-salesforce/Every tool Salesforce provides for bulk data operations — Mass Delete, Mass Transfer, team reassignments, address updates, the Data Wizard, and the Data Loader.Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/managing-salesforce-releases/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/managing-salesforce-releases/How to stay on top of Salesforce's three annual releases — release updates in Setup, release notes, sandbox preview, and preparing your org.Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/managing-duplicates-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/managing-duplicates-in-salesforce/How to set up matching rules and duplicate rules in Salesforce to keep your data clean and prevent duplicate records.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/creating-translations-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/creating-translations-in-salesforce/How to set up the Translation Workbench and Experience Cloud site translations in Salesforce for multilingual orgs.Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/org-security-settings-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/org-security-settings-in-salesforce/A deep dive into Salesforce org security — session settings, password policies, event monitoring, transaction security, platform encryption, field audit trail, and more.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/user-authentication-and-sso-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/user-authentication-and-sso-in-salesforce/How to set up SSO, two-factor authentication, Okta integration, and Experience Cloud authentication in Salesforce.Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/omnistudio-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/omnistudio-in-salesforce/A complete guide to Salesforce OmniStudio — FlexCards, OmniScripts, DataRaptors (Data Mappers), Integration Procedures, and the Business Rules Engine.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/deploying-changes-to-production-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/deploying-changes-to-production-in-salesforce/How to move your customizations from sandbox to production — change sets, DevOps Center, scratch orgs, unlocked packages, and the Salesforce CLI.Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/retired-automation-processes-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/retired-automation-processes-in-salesforce/Understanding Salesforce's legacy automation tools — Workflow Rules and Process Builder — what they are, how they work, why they're being retired, and how to migrate to Flows.Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/flows-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/flows-in-salesforce/The definitive guide to Salesforce Flows — flow types, elements, resources, record-triggered flows, screen flows, scheduled flows, auto-launched flows, login flows, sub-flows, debugging, best practices, and hands-on projects.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/emailing-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/emailing-in-salesforce/A complete guide to email in Salesforce — deliverability settings, email templates, sending limits, list emails, mass emails, Flow emails, the EmailMessage object, and when to use external tools instead.Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/experience-cloud-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/experience-cloud-in-salesforce/Everything you need to know about Salesforce Experience Cloud — creating sites, Aura vs LWR templates, user management, builder navigation, themes, authentication, security, CMS, gamification, and deployment.Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/service-cloud-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/service-cloud-in-salesforce/A comprehensive guide to Salesforce Service Cloud — Cases, assignment and escalation rules, Email-to-Case, Web-to-Case, Case Teams, Entitlements, Omni-Channel, Knowledge, Quick Text, Surveys, Field Service, and more.Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/sales-cloud-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/sales-cloud-in-salesforce/A comprehensive guide to Salesforce Sales Cloud — Campaigns, Leads, Opportunities, Products, Pricebooks, Quotes, Orders, Contracts, Forecasting, Territory Management, CPQ, and more.Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/chatter-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/chatter-in-salesforce/How to set up and use Salesforce Chatter for team collaboration — feeds on records, Chatter groups, direct messaging, file sharing, and keeping your team connected within the CRM.Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/accounts-and-contacts-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/accounts-and-contacts-in-salesforce/Understanding Salesforce's core relationship objects — Accounts, Contacts, Account hierarchies, Account Teams, Account Contact Relationships, Contact Roles, and the Account Relationship object.Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/reports-and-dashboards-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/reports-and-dashboards-in-salesforce/A complete guide to Salesforce reporting — creating reports, custom report types, report folders, scheduling, exporting, dashboards, dashboard folders, and the power of one formula.Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/topics-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/topics-in-salesforce/How to use Salesforce Topics to organize and categorize records, enabling users to discover related content and collaborate more effectively across the org.Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/approval-processes-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/approval-processes-in-salesforce/How to build approval processes in Salesforce — from simple single-step approvals to complex multi-step workflows with parallel approvers, escalation, and automated actions.Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/paths-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/paths-in-salesforce/How to set up Salesforce Paths to guide users through business processes with visual step-by-step indicators, key fields, and guidance for success at every stage.Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/list-views-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/list-views-in-salesforce/Everything you need to know about Salesforce list views — creating them, granting user access, adding list view buttons, understanding limitations, and managing list view sprawl in your org.Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/delegated-admins-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/delegated-admins-in-salesforce/How to distribute administrative responsibilities without granting full System Administrator access — setting up delegated administration for user management, custom object administration, and more.Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/record-access-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/record-access-in-salesforce/Master Salesforce record access including OWD settings, role hierarchies, public groups, queues, sharing rules, sharing sets, restriction rules, and more. Learn the complete record access pyramid with hands-on examples and a practical project.Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/profiles-and-permission-sets-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/profiles-and-permission-sets-in-salesforce/A comprehensive guide to Salesforce's permission model — profiles, permission sets, permission set groups, object and field permissions, system permissions, Apex class access, custom permissions, and when to use each.Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/apps-and-tabs-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/apps-and-tabs-in-salesforce/How to create and configure Lightning apps and custom tabs in Salesforce — organizing your org's navigation into purpose-built experiences for different teams and use cases.Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lightning-app-builder-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/lightning-app-builder-in-salesforce/A complete guide to the Lightning App Builder — how to create record pages, use standard and custom components, set up conditional visibility, leverage dynamic forms and dynamic actions, and activate pages for your users.Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/formulas-lookup-filters-custom-labels-and-validation-rules-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/formulas-lookup-filters-custom-labels-and-validation-rules-in-salesforce/How to use formulas to compute values, validation rules to enforce data quality, lookup filters to restrict related record selection, and custom labels for reusable text — the declarative logic layer of Salesforce.Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/quick-actions-buttons-and-links-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/quick-actions-buttons-and-links-in-salesforce/A practical guide to quick actions, custom buttons, and custom links in Salesforce — how to create them, add them to page layouts, and understand the difference between object-specific and global quick actions.Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/page-layouts-and-record-types-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/page-layouts-and-record-types-in-salesforce/How to control what users see on a record page using page layouts, how to create record types for different business processes, and how to map them together for a tailored user experience.Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/objects-and-fields-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/objects-and-fields-in-salesforce/A deep dive into the Salesforce data model — standard vs custom objects, field types, relationships, Big Objects, global value sets, schema builder, field history tracking, and hands-on projects.Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/users-in-salesforce/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/users-in-salesforce/A complete guide to managing users in Salesforce — creating users, assigning licenses, resetting passwords, verifying logins, proxy login, and understanding how license types shape user access.Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-basics-of-salesforce-administration/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-basics-of-salesforce-administration/Everything you need to know to get started as a Salesforce Administrator — navigating the UI, understanding sandboxes, configuring company information, languages, storage, branding, and business hours.Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/how-to-evaluate-salesforce-for-your-business/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/how-to-evaluate-salesforce-for-your-business/A comprehensive guide to understanding Salesforce products, licenses, org editions, and staffing — everything you need to make an informed decision before investing in the platform.Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-art-of-jugaad/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-art-of-jugaad/Reflecting on how the Indian philosophy of jugaad — finding creative solutions with limited resources — shapes my engineering mindset and approach to problem-solving.Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/spirituality-yoga-and-science/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/spirituality-yoga-and-science/An attempt to hold three traditions in one frame — the inner journey of spirituality, the disciplined practice of yoga, and the mathematical certainty of E=mc² — and to see what they reveal when they sit at the same table. Written from Nashik in 2020.Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-blind-indian-who-wears-glasses/https://abhishekkatyare.com/life/the-blind-indian-who-wears-glasses/A personal reflection on how we wear ideological lenses — saffron and green — that blind us to one another's humanity. Written from Nashik during the 2020 lockdown, on faith, doubt, the Constitution, and what it actually means to call yourself Indian.Tue, 07 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT