054: Custom Metadata with Neha Ahlawat

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s episode, I’m sitting down to talk with Neha Ahlawat. She is a former Tesla intern who learned about Salesforce when she went to a career fair. She ended up becoming an engineer with us and now she is the Product Manager for Custom Metadata. Today we’re talking about that product, the new CLI plugin for it, and the feature roadmap. Tune in to learn from Neha’s experiences and the latest on Custom Metadata.<br /> <br /></span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What it’s like being a Product Manager at Salesforce.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The shape of custom metadata.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A comparison of custom metadata and custom settings.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where custom metadata can be used right now.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Pitfalls people fall into when using hardcoded values and how custom metadata can help them out of that.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ways metadata can be used with flows and processes.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How VLOOKUP works with custom metadata.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Features that the new CLI plugin rolls out for developers.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where hierarchical custom metadata and working with custom metadata through Apex exists on the roadmap right now.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">High priority things on the roadmap.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Neha on Twitter:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/ahlawat_neha"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">h