Lesson 6: What Actually Works

Six specific capabilities separate solutions that address root causes from those that manage symptoms: this lesson names them and defines the bar.

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Each topic below covers a building block of this lesson. We recommend following them in sequence as each builds on the last.

Metadata-Native Architecture

Six requirements every adequate Salesforce DevOps tool must satisfy: component-aware VCS, semantic merge, org-aware deployment, first-class rollback, compliance audit trail, and platform-native security.

Extend Git or Replace It?

Two schools agree Git alone fails but disagree on the fix: what each can and can't deliver against the six requirements.

Meet Flosum

Positions Flosum as a metadata-native system designed to meet all six requirements, and points to the specialist and architect courses that cover how.