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 The issue stems from using the flutter_html package for rendering, which relies on an outdated HTML engine (flutter-renderer) that does not support modern CSS and interactive features required by many HTML emails.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

Adding characters to an input file name

Summary A developer attempted to prepend “my_” to a filename using Python’s argparse but failed because the code was manipulating the ArgumentParser object instead of the actual filename string. The immediate root cause was mixing up the namespace object with its attribute, resulting in a malformed string representation of the object rather than the intended … Read more

Accessing enum via Jakarta Expression Languauge in Pages

Summary A developer encountered a jakarta.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Unknown identifier [suit] when attempting to access a Java enum directly via Jakarta Expression Language (EL) in a JSP page. The developer annotated the enum with @Named and @ApplicationScoped, expecting it to be automatically resolvable as a bean named “suit”. The core issue stems from a misunderstanding of how … Read more

SpringBoot project/dependencies and versions problems

Summary The project fails to compile with a Toolchain Mismatch error (java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError com.sun.tools.javac.code.TypeTag :: UNKNOWN). This error occurs because the build environment is using an incompatible JDK version relative to the Spring Boot and Maven Compiler configurations. Specifically, while the project targets Java 21, the active JDK running the Maven build is likely an older … Read more

Dependencies using conanfile.py

Summary When integrating Boost, Boost.Asio, and a local library with custom include paths into a project using Conan, the core requirement is to correctly define local source paths in the conanfile.py alongside remote package dependencies. The mistake often lies in treating local libraries as Conan packages prematurely or failing to expose custom include directories to … Read more

Undefined symbol in Visual Studio 2022 clang-cl

Summary A build failed with lld-link reporting undefined symbols when compiling an Intel Pin tool with clang-cl in Visual Studio 2022. The linker could not resolve essential Pin API functions like IMG_Name and IMG_LowAddress, despite linking against pin.lib. The root cause was a mismatch between the C++ runtime library used to build the tool and … Read more