As a Salesforce development company focused on custom integrations and enterprise-grade applications, we’ve worked with dozens of organizations that hit the same roadblock: technical debt.
It creeps in slowly. A quick trigger here, an unused field there, a rushed workflow to meet a deadline. Over time, it builds up—slowing your releases, breaking automations, and making every integration feel like a game of Jenga.
In 2025, DevOps and technical debt management are no longer optional for teams running serious Salesforce operations. They are foundational pillars that enable faster delivery, stronger integrations, and long-term maintainability.
Technical debt in Salesforce isn’t just bad code. It includes:
These issues slow down innovation, create test failures, increase release risk, and block scalable integration patterns.
DevOps is not just a buzzword—it’s the operational framework that brings discipline and automation to Salesforce development. And when done right, it is the key to managing and eliminating technical debt.
Here’s how:
A Git-based workflow lets you track every metadata change, roll back mistakes, and see who changed what. No more wondering why a Flow broke last week or which version of a trigger is active.
Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment ensure that code, Flows, and metadata are tested and deployed consistently—whether to a dev sandbox, staging org, or production.
One of the most powerful tools in your DevOps toolkit is a rigorous merge and review process. Every change, whether it’s a single Apex line or a Flow update, should go through:
This structure is how you avoid "cowboy coding" and enforce long-term quality across your team, especially as your developer headcount or admin team grows.
Automated Apex tests, static code analysis, and test coverage checks prevent regressions and highlight tech debt before it ships.
Automated org setups and preview deployments give your QA team full confidence that integrations will work—before they hit production.
As a Salesforce PDO (Product Development Outsourcer) and custom integration partner, we often start engagements with a tech debt audit. Here's what we typically do:
Sound familiar? If so, it’s time to treat technical debt as a business risk—not just a developer annoyance.
In today’s AI-enabled, integration-heavy Salesforce ecosystem, your org can't afford to be weighed down by legacy decisions. Whether you’re building agent-powered workflows with Einstein 1, deploying integrations across your martech stack, or rolling out a managed package, clean architecture matters.
At Zaghop, we help clients modernize their Salesforce orgs, implement DevOps best practices, and create custom integrations that scale. We believe DevOps and technical debt management aren’t side projects—they’re strategic enablers for speed, security, and innovation.
And at the heart of it all? A strong, disciplined release process that treats every change with the attention it deserves.
Ready to clean up your org and ship smarter?
Let’s talk.