End to end user transfer

Summary The issue reported is a generic error occurring during end-to-end user transfers in a fintech application built with Node.js (backend) and Flutter/Dart (mobile frontend). Without specific error logs or code, the failure typically stems from asynchronous transaction handling, state synchronization, or network reliability issues between the client and server. This postmortem focuses on common … Read more

How do I make changes in Apple’s universal paste buffer?

Summary A user experienced an issue where text copied from a chat interface (likely via pbcopy or system copy) lost its line breaks when pasted into Google Docs, despite appearing correctly in terminals and when inspected via od. Attempts to fix this by piping pbpaste through command-line tools like tr failed to preserve rich formatting … Read more

What is the weaknesses and strengths my nodejs project

Summary The project is a forum-discussion API built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. It implements a RESTful API for managing forums, threads, posts, and user authentication. The core strengths lie in its modern event-driven architecture and MongoDB’s schema flexibility. However, the primary weaknesses involve vulnerability to NoSQL injection, potential race conditions in concurrent post updates, … Read more

How does the request lifecycle work in Laravel from routes to controllers and views?

Summary A request in Laravel flows through a structured lifecycle that connects HTTP routing, controller logic, and view rendering. The entire flow is managed by the Laravel service container and HTTP kernel, which bootstrap dependencies, route the request, execute business logic, and return a response. Understanding this pipeline clarifies how routes map to controllers, controllers … Read more

How to read user ‘roles’ through a Discord bot?

Summary A developer reported that their Discord bot could not read user roles when executing a command to add members with a specific role (‘admin’) to a database. The bot iterated through guild.members, but checks for member.roles yielded empty or incorrect results, preventing users from being added. The root cause was identified as missing Privileged … Read more

Generic web scraper that fetches all routes in a website

Summary Creating a generic web scraper that can fetch all routes in a website is a challenging task due to the diversity of web architectures and variations in website structures. While it’s not possible to make a scraper that works for all websites, we can develop a robust web crawler that can handle a wide … Read more

When should git rebase be avoided in a shared repository?

Summary Git rebase can be a powerful tool for maintaining a clean commit history, but it can be dangerous in a shared repository. When working in a team environment, it’s essential to understand the risks of rebasing and the potential impact on collaborators’ history. In this article, we’ll explore the best practices for using git … Read more

Milvus standalone doesn’t create configured MinIO bucket after data write

Summary Milvus standalone fails to create the configured MinIO bucket because Milvus uses the MinIO SDK to create buckets, which requires the MinIO server to support the CreateBucket API. However, many MinIO deployments—especially standalone instances or custom installations—do not enable this API by default for security and governance reasons. Without explicit bucket creation privileges (e.g., … Read more

Removing non-underlined characters from a Word Doc range in VB.NET

Summary Removing non-underlined characters from a Word Doc range in VB.NET can be a challenging task, especially when dealing with dynamic range objects. Key takeaway: Iterating through the range in reverse while deleting characters can lead to errors due to the changing range, and using Range.Find can be problematic when trying to maintain the original … Read more

Partition and foreign key conflict

Summary The issue of db partitioning with existing foreign keys in InnoDB engine is a common problem. InnoDB engine does not support partitioning on tables with foreign keys. This is because InnoDB uses a different storage mechanism for partitioned tables, which is not compatible with foreign key constraints. To resolve this issue, we need to … Read more