I'm a Salesforce Architect, with a passion for governance, auditability, and extensible design
I've been working on Salesforce since the Summer 06 release (142, API 7.0) (Yes, that's a long time!)
💼 To see a list of some things I've done, check out my online portfolio

Lots of work on Github Actions!
- Using Release Please, a wonderful changelog generator from Google, with Github actions, expanding it to create an AppExchange package automatically when a new project version is released.
- Automatically rename Dependabot pull requests so they are more useful in changelogs and semver-compliant
- A repository of starter GitHub workflows: https://github.com/dschach/.github
Configuring Renovate as a Dependabot replacement and exploring custom configurations for that tool: Renovate central configuration and a local extension
Kevin Poorman and I have been working on ApexKit, which is a very cool set of tools for Apex
I released an updated Apex highlighter plugin for highlight.js so any Apex on a webpage will look great - and I published it to npm!
- It now comes with an (optional) Monokai theme that mimics the wonderful MavensMate Sublime Text Monokai theme.
I also released a Visualforce highlighter plugin for highlight.js so any Apex on a webpage will look great - and I published it to npm!

🔭 I’m working on some Salesforce code projects:
- Trigger Framework
- Quote Custom Sync using custom metadata
- Campaing Member Status
🌱 I’m learning GitHub actions and how to make cool things happen automatically when submitting pull requests, etc. In particular, I want to build a framework for a central collection of actions that any repo in an organization can use.

I'm a huge fan of Gearset, and I think that it could work well with Release-Please, even though R-P recommends Squash Merging and Gearset does simple merges. It would involve complex linting, possibly, but could enable Salesforce admins/devs to see a concise changelog of all changes pushed to Production with dates!
Any other ideas? I'm thinking of adding custom metadata to the trigger framework, but there are so many of those around. What are the best requirements for a custom metadata driven trigger handler? One method per class (like NPSP)?
Have you used ApexDox? I am thinking of updating it and putting in some cool features. What would you like to see it do? All my repos have ApexDox sites - here's a great example.

These are some projects I'm particularly proud of

🇺🇸 Original Salesforce architect for the Obama reelection campaign
☁️ Creator of Chatter BINGO at Dreamforce 2010, the only community member to have an app included in the Dreamforce app
Has surfaced a dwarf error message in Salesforce - IYKYK
Founder of the Dreamforce Tweetup, the first and largest community-led user event at Dreamforce
🏊 🚴‍♂️ 🏃 Ironman Arizona 2021 finisher!

😄 Pronouns: he/him
👨‍💻 All my GitHub projects are available at https://github.com/dschach
📝 I should blog more at X-Squared on Demand
📄 Here's my professional experience: LinkedIn
💬 Ask me about apprenticeships and equity in the tech industry.
Let's jam about Salesforce, Apex, and Security on the Salesforce Einstein 1 Platform
📫 How to reach me: Find me via LinkedIn, Threads, or some other site!
⚡ Fun fact: I was born in South Africa