Adding an inline button with the ability to open a chat with a user knowing their username

Summary A developer attempted to create an inline button in a Telegram bot that would open a direct chat with a user using only their username. The implementation used a URL button pointing to https://t.me/Username. However, the button click resulted in an error message stating the user does not exist, despite the username being valid. … Read more

Link statically.io Update from /main/ to @main

Summary Key takeaway: The statically.io CDN endpoint path /main/ was replaced with @main/ by the provider, breaking all existing references in code and websites. This is a classic dependency path change that requires an immediate update to the URL string in the source code. Action required: Search and replace all occurrences of cdn.statically.io/…/main/ with cdn.statically.io/…/@main/. … Read more

How to get an software jobs in 2026

Summary A recent graduate from India, graduating in March 2026, is facing difficulties securing a software engineering job due to limited campus placement opportunities. The individual possesses a foundational technical stack including Linux, Python, SQL, Bash, AWS, Docker, and basic ML algorithms. The core issue is a lack of strategic direction on bridging the gap … Read more

HTML email not rendering in flutter

Summary HTML emails fail to render in a Flutter email client app while plain text emails display correctly. The issue stems from using the flutter_html package for rendering, which relies on an outdated HTML engine (flutter-renderer) that does not support modern CSS and interactive features required by many HTML emails. The Html widget silently fails … Read more

gcc 15.0.2+mingw 13.0.0 libstdc++-v3 build error

Summary When bootstrapping a GCC 15.0.2 toolchain targeting x86_64-w64-mingw32, the build of libstdc++-v3 fails with a cascade of warnings interpreted as errors. The root cause is that the C++ compiler frontend (cc1plus.exe) is inadvertently invoking the C frontend (cc1.exe). This is caused by a corrupted gcc driver configuration, likely due to missing or invalid specs … Read more

Which BundleID do I use if I’m making a standalone iMessages App?

Summary When creating a standalone iMessage app (an app that lives exclusively inside Messages), the iMessage Extension target is the core functional component. The main “Application” target generated by Xcode is often redundant and can cause configuration confusion. The primary Bundle ID you should claim, configure, and use for App Store distribution belongs to the … Read more

How to create new template projects in Android Studio?

Summary The question asks about creating custom Android Studio project templates (including dependencies like Hilt, Retrofit, etc.) in the current Android Studio environment (Electric Eel to Giraffe). The direct answer is that Android Studio does not have a built-in, user-friendly UI for creating new template projects similar to the “New Project” wizard. Instead, developers must … Read more

BCH-ECC algorithm

Summary The core issue is a mismatch between the error locator polynomial roots and the actual byte/bit positions in the message buffer. The BCH decoder correctly identifies that errors occurred and how many, but the final step of applying corrections maps the calculated syndrome roots to the wrong indices in memory. This results in catastrophic … Read more

Flink and beam pipeline having duplicate messages in kafka consumer

Summary The issue described is a classic symptom of duplicate processing in Flink and Beam pipelines, specifically caused by non-deterministic logic during snapshotting. When a job restarts from a savepoint (snapshot), Flink restores its operator state, including the Kafka consumer offsets. However, if the application code contains non-deterministic operations (e.g., using random UUIDs, current timestamps, … Read more