Patrick Stokes

Father & Husband. CMO, Salesforce. I want Springsteen to write my eulogy.

[Boris Cherny @bcherny]

Salesforce published a detailed writeup on going agentic with Claude Code. A couple things jumped out.

A migration they'd scoped at 231 days shipped in 13. One PR delivered 21 endpoints at 100% test coverage.

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

I'm biased, but this is the beginning of a headless future. These same capabilities work outside Salesforce too. Inside Claude, Slack, ChatGPT, Teams, anywhere your people work.

SaaS is changing. You don't have to click through all your apps and tabs anymore. The apps comes to you through the agent wherever you work. The human is no longer the integration layer between apps. Humans direct. Agents execute, the platform governs.

This is just the beginning.

[Marc Benioff @Benioff]

Welcome Agentforce Coworker. 🤝
Your new AI teammate is now inside every Salesforce search bar. It doesn’t just find things — it works with you. Agentforce now instantly taps into your CRM data, workflows, customer history, opportunities, and cases… then takes action in real-time.
❌ No copy/paste
❌ No tab hunting
❌ No context switching
Just ask. Act. Close faster. 🔥
Plus, build custom agents that run natively in Slack, Teams, and mobile. Available today for every Agentforce customer. We went from internal dog fooding to your hands in record time. The pace at Salesforce is absolutely WILD right now ⚡️Be a Trailblazer — turn yours on today! 👇

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

We build a lot of things at @Salesforce. But this week, at #TDX26, I was reminded that the best thing we've ever built is our Trailblazer Community. It was so awesome seeing the joy on everyone's faces all week as they reconnected with each other, shared stories, learned about what's new at Salesforce, and danced at all the parties. @swbjoyce said it best: It's about the people.

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

These last 48 hours in tech. Holy crap.

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

@mitchellh I hear you. There is no other hidden changes buried in the language. The change is simple. It impacts net new enterprise contracts only.

My team and I will take this feedback seriously and I appreciate it.

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

@salesforce is winning because we're not afraid to get our hands dirty.

Trust and security in enterprise AI is a complex and critical path problem. We're solving it.

Getting the right data and context to the AI is a complex and critical path problem. We're solving it.

Change management is an incredibly difficult problem. We're out own customer zero, transforming into an agentic enterprise ourselves.

Experimenting with new channels and UI-paradigms for work like Slack and ChatGPT requires some significant leaps of faith. We're taking that leap.

It's been a difficult journey, but the success of our customers is proof that we're solving the right problems. Onward.

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[Jamin Ball @jaminball]

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[Nemo @akaNemsko]

The silence is deafening

As the days pass with little to no actions, I become more concerned that FIDE will be successful in it's attempt to sweep Danya's passing (and it's cause) under the rug. So far FIDE has made one statement: a call for an internal investigation. The CEO of FIDE has a message accusing Daniel's friends for his death still posted. Kramnik continues to post threats, denials, and accusations.

The silence from far too many of Danya's peers is deafening. I have attempted to reach out to multiple other players to discuss tangible ways to put pressure on FIDE moving forward and the response, in every single case, has been effectively the same "it's pointless unless Magnus joins, FIDE is too strong".

That isn't good enough. We, as a community, MUST do better to honor Danya and to prevent further tragedies. What Kramnik was allowed to do, directly under FIDE's supervision, must have repercussions. A 3rd party investigation must take place. Changes must be made for the future safety of all chess players.

We need players boycotting FIDE events until this investigation takes place and real changes are made. We need sponsors to make it clear they do not want to be associated with an organization that allows systematic failures related to harassment and abuse.

My platform is small and there is only so much I can do, if you see this tag/reach out to GM's, sponsors of upcoming tournaments, and related parties. Let your voice be heard. Let the players know that you will support them standing up to FIDE. We can not let them continue to move forward as if nothing happened.

[Paul X @Immysteryman2]

@PeterGiannatos Danya completes the American chess Trifecta - Morphy, Fisher and Naroditsky. Each of them - in their own way - has made massive contributions to the game of chess. Legends.

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

@sultanmeghji @dhh @OmarchyLinux Probably from 20+ floppy disks like me. But think of how much we learned going through that experience!

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

Been a Linux hobbiest and sometimes daily-driver since Slackware 3 in ~1996. Have used dozens of distros. What @dhh has done with @OmarchyLinux is incredible. By far the best desktop Linux experience I've ever had.

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

@gthoppae @dhh @OmarchyLinux @SlackHQ Hah. So many Slacks in my life.

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

@EmilSutovsky Resign. You tactless, heartless, blundering ass.

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

@FreightAlley Terrible take.

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

Few make it to the tippity top of their craft and even fewer can put to words how they did it. Daniel was a profoundly insightful and effective educator in the otherwise indescribably opaque and nuanced world of chess. His loss is devastating for the entire community and I feel deeply for his family and friends.

To the former world champion who hurled false accusations at him for more than a year to tear him down... congratulations. You tore him to his very core. His death is on you and the entire community sees you for who you are, finally.

If you know someone struggling with their mental health... give them a call. Stand up for them. They need you.

[Charlotte Chess Center @CLTchesscenter]

The Naroditsky family shares the sad news of Daniel’s unexpected passing. Daniel was a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community. We ask for privacy as the family grieves.

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

@hooliforce Damn, @hooliforce you didn’t have to do me like that.

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

@sanderssays @Benioff I enjoyed chatting with you, Tim!

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

Ding’s endgame blunder is all of us. Congratulations to the new, youngest world champion ever, Gukesh!

[Patrick Stokes @thatstokes]

@DiDe_Research @SocSciHelsinki That’s not me, dawg.