Delphi Indy UDP broadcast failing

Summary The issue at hand is that a Delphi 12.3 application using Indy for UDP communication is experiencing difficulties with broadcasting on multiple network adapters. Despite looping through all available IP addresses and attempting to broadcast to each subnet, only devices connected to one adapter respond. This behavior persists across different machines and environments. Root … Read more

Trouble with Kubernetes node port

Summary The issue at hand is related to accessing a front-end application deployed on a Kubernetes pod using Minikube. The application is not accessible on the expected NodePort, which is 30100. The setup involves a React app, a Dockerfile for building and running the app, and Kubernetes configurations for deploying the application. Root Cause The … Read more

Loading “cl+ssl”: Unknown character encoding: `:KSC_5601`

Summary A Common Lisp application failed during ASDF system loading with the message: Unknown character encoding: :KSC_5601. This occurred specifically when attempting to load the cl+ssl library, causing crashes in both REPL environments and build scripts. The error stems from a missing alias in Babel. Root Cause The failure occurred due to: Missing encoding alias: … Read more

Windows Path Length Limitation Impact on veraPDF Deployment

Summary The Windows Path Length Limitation can significantly impact the deployment of veraPDF, an open-source PDF validation framework, when bundled within an existing application’s deployment directory with a deeply nested base path. This can lead to file-access issues and runtime errors due to MAX_PATH-related constraints. Root Cause The root cause of this issue is the … Read more

Windows Server 2022 Committed Bytes Peak

Summary The issue at hand involves a Windows Server 2022 system with a WCF Windows service that consumes approximately 55 GB of private bytes. The system’s committed bytes suddenly increased from 105 GB to 160 GB, which is equivalent to the size of the WCF service’s private bytes, causing an out-of-memory exception. This increase in … Read more

Passing a parameter by value instead of rvalue reference

Pass-By-Value Parameter Causes Unintended Copy Operation Summary During optimization of a high-throughput C++ service, we identified severe performance degradation caused by unnecessary object copying in critical path code. The root issue occurred when a struct A was passed by value instead of by rvalue reference to a function spawning asynchronous operations. This resulted in: Unplanned … Read more

JQuery sortable table rows are overflowing their container while moving

Summary When implementing jQuery UI Sortable on table rows within a Bootstrap container, the dragged row (ui-sortable-helper) horizontally overflows its responsive wrapper during drag operations. This occurs when the table’s width exceeds the viewport. Though sorting works functionally, visual overflow compromises UI integrity during drag interactions. Root Cause .table-responsive in Bootstrap uses overflow-x: auto internally, … Read more

LaTeX Template for book with twoside header and variables

Summary The task at hand involves creating a LaTeX template for a book with a twoside header and variable content, including Japanese text and images. The goal is to achieve a specific design where the left page has a header with numbering and two right-aligned headlines, and the right page has two left-aligned headlines with … Read more