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I write up the Apex, Lightning Web Components, integration and Salesforce CLI problems I meet on client projects, with the sources, for the next person who hits them.

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Integration October 6, 2026

How to Diagnose Intermittent Salesforce Callout Failures (Read timed out, 503s and silent retries)

Why Salesforce callouts fail intermittently when the endpoint looks healthy, the exact exceptions to search for, and a classified retry design in Apex.

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Tutorials March 14, 2025

How to Fix Null Pointer Exceptions in Apex Collection Workflows

Learn how to prevent Apex Null Pointer Exceptions in collection-heavy code with defensive initialization patterns, trade-offs, and a production debugging checklist.

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