Center Icon in the headerRight Container

Summary The issue at hand is centering an icon within a container, specifically in the context of a React Native application using Expo. The goal is to position a heart icon in the center of the headerRight container, but current attempts using items-center and justify-center are not yielding the desired outcome, instead aligning the icon … Read more

Developing custom launcher plugin for Hydra.cc

Developing Custom Launcher Plugin for Hydra.cc: A Technical Postmortem Summary Developing a custom Hydra launcher plugin for task-spooler integration encountered obstacles due to: No available reference implementations for non-standard launchers Insufficient documentation on launcher-plugin internals Unclear job-status propagation mechanics The solution required reverse-engineering existing launchers and deep Hydra API inspection to implement job queuing properly. … Read more

Rust: chrono in mongodb v3.4.1

Summary The issue arises from the change in MongoDB’s dependency on the bson crate, specifically with the introduction of version 3.x. Previously, using the chrono-0_4 feature with bson version 3.1.0 allowed for direct conversion between chrono DateTime and MongoDB DateTime. However, this approach no longer works with MongoDB version 3.4.1 due to changes in how … Read more

LibreCAD software Tamil Font typing Junk Error

Summary The LibreCAD software is experiencing a Tamil Font typing Junk Error, where typing in Tamil results in junk characters being displayed instead of the correct characters. This issue is affecting users who are trying to use the software for design and drafting purposes. Root Cause The root cause of this issue is likely due … Read more

Power BI Map / Filled Map visuals still show “Map and filled map visuals are disabled

Summary Power BI Map and Filled Map visuals failed to render despite all required settings being enabled. Error message: “Map and filled map visuals are disabled. An administrator may need to enable them in the Power BI Service.” This occurred in restricted tenant environments (government/sov clouds) where Bing Maps is blocked and Azure Maps isn’t … Read more

Alexa ReportState Not Triggering – Real-Time State Not Updating in Alexa App

Summary A Smart Home device integrated with Alexa via AWS Lambda exhibited correct discovery and command handling (TurnOn/TurnOff), but ReportState directives were never triggered. Consequently, real-time state changes failed to reflect in the Alexa app. The symptom: Alexa Cloud never requested state reports despite device changes, breaking proactive state synchronization. Root Cause Alexa Cloud does … Read more

mat-option disappears when tablet keyboard opens

Summary The issue at hand is that mat-option elements disappear when the tablet keyboard opens, specifically when the input field is located near the bottom of the screen. This problem arises because the keyboard overlay covers the options, and upon scrolling, it becomes apparent that the options are not merely hidden but actually removed. Root … Read more

Api integration not working in custom keyboard in flutter android

Summary The issue at hand is related to API integration in a custom keyboard for Flutter on Android. The custom keyboard is designed to call an API when a user selects text and taps on a specific button, such as “Check Grammar.” However, instead of displaying the API response, the keyboard shows infinite loading without … Read more

WiX 6.0.2, pass ADDLOCAL to MsiPackage

## Summary A WiX bundle using `MsiPackage` was unable to pass `ADDLOCAL` parameters to configure features in a third-party MSI during installation. Burn (WiX’s bootstrapper engine) prohibits setting MSI properties like `ADDLOCAL` directly due to internal control requirements. The **correct approach uses MST transforms** instead of `MsiProperty` to define feature selections. ## Root Cause – … Read more