Most dangerous Salesforce Anti-Patterns - Top 13 Mistakes

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LucidCTA exposes the mistakes that quietly destroy Salesforce orgs.

This is a deep-dive Salesforce architecture channel built for professionals who want to understand why Salesforce implementations fail long after go-live. Based on real bi-weekly architecture classes and enterprise delivery experience, this channel dissects Salesforce anti-patterns inspired by Lars Malmqvist’s work and expanded through real-world scenarios. You’ll see how decisions that look “fine” in the moment—over-customization, God Objects, Golden Hammers, design by committee, tight coupling, spaghetti sharing models, org sprawl, and brittle integrations—lead to runaway costs, failed upgrades, security exposure, poor data quality, and low user adoption. Content is opinionated, practical, and focused on architectural thinking, risk identification, and long-term platform health. If you’re building at scale, supporting complex orgs, or preparing for the Salesforce Certified Technical Architect journey, this channel is designed to sharpen your instincts and help you avoid mistakes before they become expensive.

Chapters
00:00 Why Salesforce Anti-Patterns Matter
01:20 What an Anti-Pattern Really Is
02:40 Short-Term Success vs Long-Term Failure
04:05 Real Consequences: Cost, UX, Data, Security
06:25 Over-Customization and Unnecessary Code
09:05 The Hero Anti-Pattern
11:45 God Objects and Overloaded Data Models
14:30 Golden Hammer Thinking
17:15 Cargo Cult Programming
19:50 Design by Committee
22:40 Integration Stovepipes and Tight Coupling
26:10 Org Sprawl and Multi-Org Risk
29:30 Spaghetti Sharing Models
32:45 Big Ball of Mud Orgs
35:30 Salesforce Is Not a Relational Database
38:20 How Architects Think Differently
41:00 What’s Next: Deeper Dives and CTA Mocks