DevOps Diaries

Nov 28 2024 45 ep. 40 mins 11

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DevOps Diaries, brought to you by Gearset, is the podcast for Salesforce professionals to hear stories from folks in the Trailblazer ecosystem responsible for delivering awesome Salesforce implementations — the trials, tribulations, and successes. Hosted by Jack McCurdy.

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045 — Jon Robinson: Quality Assurance, the white collar career for anarchists!

Nov 28 2024 44 mins

In this episode of DevOps Diaries, Jack McCurdy interviews John Robinson, a seasoned QA professional. They discus the significance of quality assurance (QA) in the Salesforce ecosystem, exploring the evolution of QA, the misconceptions surrounding it, and the necessity for dedicated QA roles within teams. John emphasizes the importance of understanding testing practices at their co

044 — Alba Rivas: Agentforce vs. Copilot, everything you need to know!

Nov 14 2024 50 mins

In this episode of DevOps Diaries, Jack McCurdy speaks with Alba Rivas, Principal Developer Advocate at Salesforce. They discuss Alba's journey in the Salesforce ecosystem, her role in engaging the developer community, and the evolving landscape of Salesforce technologies.Alba dives in to the nuances of artificial intelligence and Salesforce's new Data Cloud. She shares insights on

043 — Dave Carroll: APIs, passion and trustworthiness. A recipe for Salesforce success!

Oct 30 2024 59 mins

In this episode of DevOps Diaries, Jack McCurdy sits down with Dave Carroll, a veteran in the Salesforce ecosystem. They discuss Dave's journey from being a Salesforce ISV partner to a key player at Salesforce for 21 years. Dave's mission has been to help develop the tools and practices that empower Salesforce developers to be successful, and has graciously stepped out of retiremen

042 — Todd Halfpenny: The bridge between admins and developers is empathy!

Oct 16 2024 53 mins

Todd Halfpenny is a Salesforce MVP, Golden Hoodie recipient, and community leader. His impact on the UK Salesforce community is extensive and far reaching. Todd co-leads the London Salesforce Developers user group, is an organizer of Salesforce community conference London's Calling, and a co-founder of charitable clothing organization, Shirtforce. In this episode Jack and Todd disc

041 — Inside Scoop: Why Clayton joined forces with Gearset

Oct 02 2024 57 mins

This week on DevOps Diaries, catch up on the recording of a game-changing moment in the world of Salesforce DevOps — Gearset has officially acquired Clayton.Join Jack McCurdy as he chats with Kevin Boyle (Gearset CEO and Co-Founder) and Lorenzo Frattini (Clayton CEO and Founder) about their vision for the future. They discuss how this acquisition will transform the DevOps experie

040 — Andy Utkan: The secrets you don't know about Salesforce Flow!

Sep 18 2024 40 mins

Andy Utkan is a Salesforce MVP, founder of Flow Canvas Academy, and a Salesforce Flows expert. His newsletter, Salesforce Break, has over 10,000 subscribers. His involvement in the Salesforce community has been profound, providing support and guidance for thousands of professionals brining declarative automation to their Salesforce orgs. In this episode, Andy and Jack chat about th

039 — Steve Fouracre: How AI will eradicate Salesforce development as we know it!

Sep 04 2024 35 mins

Steve Fouracre is the founder of Self Evolving Software (SES), and Head of Salesforce Delivery at Metacube. Steve started his career in the Salesforce ecosystem as a Salesforce Developer, and grew to managing Salesforce development teams for some of the largest businesses in the UK. In this episode, Steve and Jack dive deep into the merits of using artificial intelligence to suppor

038 — Julián Duque: How to use Heroku for connected customer experiences!

Aug 22 2024 46 mins

Julián Duque is Principal Developer Advocate for Heroku at Salesforce. His background in Node.js allows him to think objectively about development on the Salesforce platform and how it scales. His work with Heroku gives him a unique perspective on where traditional software engineering, DevOps, and Salesforce development intersects. In this episode, Julián and Jack discuss the im

037 — Kevin Boyle: Growing Gearset, the CEO's Story!

Aug 07 2024 45 mins

Kevin Boyle, CEO of Gearset, joins Jack on this episode of DevOps Diaries. Kevin’s career has taken him from software engineering intern at Microsoft, to leading one of the most successful Salesforce ISV’s as CEO. His background gives him a unique approach to running a business, with a foundation of great software engineering and product strategy.Kevin & Jack discuss the or

036 — Daisy Garcia & Hannah Kahn: Women, give yourself permission to fail and learn!

Jul 24 2024 39 mins

Jack is joined by Daisy Garcia, CEO and founder of ImagineCRM, and Hannah Kahn, CRO at ImagineCRM. Daisy and Hannah share a love for philanthropy, and driving foundations and nonprofits to success through technology. Their love for their mission is equal to their passion for uplifting women in tech.In this episode of DevOps Diaries, Hannah & Daisy discuss their experiences as w