FizzBuzz is FizzBuzz years old (and still a powerful tool)

This year marks 15 years since FizzBuzz was popularised as an interview tool for developers. I’m a big fan and have watched over 100 candidates try their hand at my version of the task. In today’s blog post I’d like to take a moment to celebrate what makes FizzBuzz so helpful, discuss some common patterns I’ve observed in the many attempts I’ve witnessed, and finally explore some tweaks that can be deployed to keep the challenge fresh.

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Developing on Salesforce – 3 initial observations

Lately, I’ve been trying to improve my Salesforce skills. It’s been getting pretty interesting, to the point where I’d like to dedicate a post to it. (Hardcore .NET/C# readers may want to skip this week!) There are bits of the Salesforce developer ecosystem which I love and a few bits that are a little janky. I think the most interesting thing for developers is “Salesforce DX”, which I’ll try to explain briefly.

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