Flow Approvals Traps for new gamers

Another flow approval post? I know! I am at the risk of turning this into a Flow Approval blog, I just love them so much. I thought I would share some of the things that I struggled to get my head around, kept me up or I just had to work out. I wanted this post to me eductaional, however I think it has turned into a semi rant. That is kind of educational right?

The Battle of Perfect vs Good Enough

I feel like over the past few years I have been locked in a personal and professional struggle with perfection. (Though personally it has been a lot longer than the past few years. But I’ll save the therapy sessions for another time…) I often find myself in conversation about a feature or a story and the idea of ‘just a little bit more’, ‘can we just…’ or ‘what about…’ creeps in. When these ideas aren’t tackled there and then it usually involves a review, a rebuild or going back to stakeholders for more requirements and clarifications, whilst this is sometimes valuable I often find it serves to impede the velocity of the project, bog it down in what-ifery and ultimately this type of conversation usually occurs out of sight of the people actually requesting the feature.

Vibe Coding Adventures

You may have heard this term Vibe Coding banded about (it was actually coined only a few months ago) and thought what is that? Can I use that? Are there Salesforce Vibes? Well I too had these thoughts so I jumped in to a salesforce org see what was possible.

Buh-bye Classic Approvals

Flow Approvals, for me one of the most exciting updates in recent years a HUGE Quality of Life jump over Classic Approvals (Salesforce’s Name not mine) with acres of possibilities. Let me introduce you to what they have crammed into this release, in true internet click-baity fashion I have left the best till last!

Salesforce Summer '25: Release Quickfire

Another 3rd of a year, another Salesforce release! This time it is the turn of the Summer ‘25 release, bringing it with a whole host of features. Dive into this Quickfire of my favourite things, in no particular order: