Sydney, Australia
Shubham Shrivastava
Salesforce Architect · AI-native delivery
Fifteen years on the Salesforce platform across enterprise, government, financial services, and ISV. I build with AI-native tooling — Claude Code, Cursor, and local models — because it lets a senior architect ship in days what the old delivery model still quotes in weeks. Below: the field notes on how, the proof, and what I'm building now.
Now
Building an AppExchange e-signature app and a SaaS side project, and taking on a small number of senior Salesforce architecture engagements.
Updated July 2026
AI × Salesforce
The AI-native delivery model
Most Salesforce consulting still bills by the hour for work AI now does in minutes. I run a different model — AI as a production engine, me as the architect who reviews, edits, and ships.
The result: a build a traditional consultancy quotes at two weeks ships from me in three to seven days, at the same quality. One senior engineer, no juniors learning on your org.
Apex generation that passes review
AI writes the boilerplate — bulkified handlers, CRUD/FLS-safe queries, test data factories. I review, refactor, and ship. The output passes security scanner with the same patterns I'd write manually.
Tests that catch real bugs
AI generates the obvious test cases at speed; I add the edge cases that come from 15 years of seeing what actually breaks in production.
Documentation that stays current
Markdown docs, walkthrough scripts, security questionnaire drafts — generated alongside the code, regenerated when the code changes. Documentation that's actually maintained.
Security review prep at half the time
AI scans for CRUD/FLS gaps, SOQL injection, sharing violations before the official scanner runs. Faster remediation cycles, fewer surprises in submission.
Field Notes
Writing is the work
38 essays on Salesforce architecture, AI-assisted delivery, and building. Start with “15 Years on Salesforce.”
The 80/20 of Salesforce: The 20% of Features That Deliver 80% of Value
After fifteen years on the platform, the pattern is clear: a small set of unglamorous features carries almost all the value. Here's the 20% I protect first.
Read →How AI Changes the Salesforce Consulting Model
The economic shifts AI is bringing to Salesforce consulting — what's getting cheaper, what's getting more valuable, and what the agency model looks like now.
Read →The CTA Certification: Why I Stopped Pursuing It
I spent a year prepping for the Salesforce CTA review board, then withdrew. The honest reasoning: the cost, the breadth trap, and what I chose to do instead.
Read →Working on something hard?
If you're wrestling with Salesforce architecture, an AppExchange review, or a migration that has to go right, tell me about it in a few sentences. I read everything myself.