Stephen Bates's Avatar

Stephen Bates

@holdfastsfdc.bsky.social

Certified Salesforce Developer/Admin. Trailhead Ranger, Cali Transplant. Nautical Enthusiast. Tweets/Opinions = My own.

342 Followers  |  181 Following  |  151 Posts  |  Joined: 12.11.2024  |  1.9094

Latest posts by holdfastsfdc.bsky.social on Bluesky

Considering moving all of my project data for my two active projects from ChatGPT to Claude Code. Been reading that the latter excels at longer term complex projects and better output & documentation.

26.10.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know if I’m ready to go fully unhinged but that day may be coming

26.10.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
How NSPM-7 Seeks to Use "Domestic Terrorism" to Target Nonprofits and Activists | ACLU What President Donald Trump’s latest memorandum targeting civil society does, does not, and cannot do

So what’s the over/under now on him declaring Democrats a National threat so they can have their official Fifth Reich? www.aclu.org/news/nationa...

22.10.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just signed up for 'Integration Developer 101' on Cloud Code Academy. Looking forward to closing up that skill gap.

22.10.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a cartoon of a man carrying a bag of money with the words " unregistered " at the bottom ALT: a cartoon of a man carrying a bag of money with the words " unregistered " at the bottom
22.10.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
El Dorado Park, Long Beach CA

El Dorado Park, Long Beach CA

Feel like I’m walking in the Shire

21.10.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s kind of a weird thing existing in a niche corner of Salesforce Development as a primarily Front End guy

19.10.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s clear you haven’t found the right people to fill the roles yet, c’mon.

18.10.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Funny how I’ve seen the same role for multiple locations get posted and reposted by Atlassian over the past 2 months when they’ve rejected me twice almost right away. Guys, I’m a solid candidate and I’m going to keep applying until you give me a shot 🀣

18.10.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I STG if they went through with this I’m done working in the Salesforce ecosystem.

18.10.2025 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not gonna hold my breath for his apology for jumping at the chance to bring Agentforce to ICE’s rescue

18.10.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Time will tell if it’s something that I keep working on. Ball’s in your court Benioff

17.10.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
From SLDS to Vibes: Bridging the Gap in Salesforce’s Design Evolution with ForceKit Salesforce’s new Agentforce Vibes marks the beginning of AI-driven UI compositionβ€Šβ€”β€Šbut without a bridge between generative intent and…

Just published something I’ve been nervous (but excited) to share β€” how Salesforce’s new Agentforce Vibes and SLDS don’t quite speak the same language yet, and how my framework ForceKit could bridge that gap.

medium.com/@stephen_675...

#Salesforce #DesignSystems #AI #ForceKit

17.10.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s let Agentforce build a flow! WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

16.10.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But like, Vibe Coding amirite?
*ducks*

16.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Crazy. What started as a fun project and a cool thing to build is turning into a whole Design System layer that extends the Lightning Design System + LWC...a fully native developer-first, SLDS compliant framework. // #salesforce #design

15.10.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would have gotten up and found a chair at the opposite end of the room 🀣

15.10.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

When I heard he not only said that but also tried to speak all nice-like about the β€œOhana” my eyes rolled back so far I saw last year.

15.10.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, Benioff actually tried to pretend he gave a crap about the community?

14.10.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well you got yourself a Skankin' Pickle there...

14.10.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Spies like us! a classic

14.10.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

F this bootlicker

12.10.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I started boycotting TDX after last year, which was a huge bummer. Never been to DF….too huge for me.

12.10.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m perfectly indifferent to missing out.

12.10.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Feels good to be in one of these again.

12.10.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a man in a suit and tie is touching his forehead . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is touching his forehead .
09.10.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not even lunchtime and already I have one phone interview request, one solid lead that will probably result in a phone interview, and a former co-worker forwarding my info for some possible consulting work. Starting the week off right!

06.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I saw last night you could get one, but it was an international store and i'm not about to pay $80+ for shipping

06.10.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally getting myself a new Trailblazer hoodie - just wish I could get a Ranger patch to go with it.

06.10.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Applied to great sounding job last week - over 100 applicants. Messaged their Salesforce hiring manager on LinkedIn and guaranteed my application will be viewed next week. Sweet.

05.10.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@holdfastsfdc is following 20 prominent accounts