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title: "Maciej Ptak"
url: "https://blog.beyondthecloud.dev/author/maciej-ptak"
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# Maciej Ptak

Salesforce DevOps

DevOps Engineer/Consultant. Specialized in Salesforce and CICD tooling around it. Focused on removing the bottlenecks and streamlining the Salesforce delivery process since 2017.

## Articles

- [German’s engineer trick for perfect Salesforce CICD](https://blog.beyondthecloud.dev/blog/salesforce-deploy-before-merge.md): Learn the deploy-before-merge strategy for bulletproof Salesforce CI/CD. Avoid deployment failures and broken branches with this proven DevOps approach. (2025-09-08)
- [Teach an Old Org New Tricks – enabling Scratch Orgs in legacy project](https://blog.beyondthecloud.dev/blog/scratch-orgs-in-legacy-project.md): A deep dive into enabling Salesforce Scratch Orgs in legacy projects. Overcome technical debt, metadata complexities, and create reproducible dev environments. (2025-06-04)
- [Simple Salesforce CICD for Developers](https://blog.beyondthecloud.dev/blog/simple-salesforce-cicd.md): Set up a Salesforce CI/CD pipeline easily! Automate deployments, run tests, and more with our step-by-step guide. Happy coding! (2024-07-04)
- [Top 10+ Salesforce deployment errors](https://blog.beyondthecloud.dev/blog/salesforce-deployment-errors.md): Mastering Salesforce deployments can be tricky. Learn how to avoid 10+ common deployment errors with our expert guide. Get started now! (2023-08-03)
- [Top 3 Git Branching strategies for Salesforce](https://blog.beyondthecloud.dev/blog/git-branching-strategies-for-salesforce.md): An overview of the top 3 git branching strategies for Salesforce. Pros & Cons included (2022-12-03)
- [How to recover deleted files in git](https://blog.beyondthecloud.dev/blog/how-to-recover-deleted-files-in-git.md): How to recover deleted files in git which were not committed? Not easy but possible. (2022-08-25)
- [Salesforce Functions in CICD](https://blog.beyondthecloud.dev/blog/salesforce-functions-in-cicd.md): Function as a Service in Salesforce? Finally! Here are 7 simple steps on how to include it in CICD. (2022-08-06)
- [How to deploy in Salesforce](https://blog.beyondthecloud.dev/blog/how-to-deploy-in-salesforce.md): How business logic works in Salesforce is described by metadata. So how to deploy it in the best possible way? (2022-07-12)