Summary The question revolves around memory encryption and the assumption that reads/writes to main memory are contiguous, cacheline-sized, and aligned. This is crucial for efficient encryption and decryption processes, especially when dealing with symmetric encryption. The goal is to understand if such conditions are always met and, if not, how to force contiguous, fixed-size, and … Read more
Summary A beginner submitted a Python timing game with a score of -2, asking for improvements. The postmortem analyzes the user experience, input handling, and code structure. The primary issue is the harsh penalty system and lack of user feedback, which leads to frustration. The core takeaway is that beginner code often prioritizes logic over … Read more
Summary The issue at hand is an undefined reference error to zxdg_decoration_manager_v1_interface when attempting to build an application for Wayland. This error occurs despite the presence of other properly bound interfaces, such as wl_compositor. The error is triggered by a specific line of code that checks for the zxdg_decoration_manager_v1_interface name. Root Cause The root cause … Read more
Summary The 401 unauthorized error indicates that while credentials are valid, they are not successfully authorizing requests to the CrowdStrike API. In Azure Logic Apps, this is typically caused by token caching or hostname resolution issues specific to the Logic App runtime environment. Root Cause The primary cause of this failure is the Logic App’s … Read more
Summary A Node.js 18 function app deployment on Azure failed to authenticate with Azure SQL, producing AggregateError Security token could not be authenticated or authorized (EFEDAUTH). The failure occurred in a newer Docker image while older images worked, necessitating a rollback. The root cause was an invalid Managed Identity configuration or missing token audience scope, … Read more
Summary The issue at hand is with SwiftUI’s .task modifier, which does not update its references when the view is updated. This is observed in a sample code where a DoubleGenerator sequence is used to print numbers in a TestView. When the id is updated by clicking the “update id by 1” button, the print … Read more
Summary A senior production engineer receives a request to build a C# Windows Forms application titled “Sentence Builder.” The requirement is straightforward: create a UI with clickable buttons for words, phrases, and punctuation that construct a sentence in a Label control, including a “Reset” functionality. While the technical implementation is simple, the postmortem focuses on … Read more
Summary A silent dependency failure occurred after a routine deployment where the PostgreSQL database container failed to properly initialize its data volume. The application’s outbox pattern consumer appeared to start correctly, executed its polling query, but failed to process events due to an underlying database authentication failure triggered by a corrupted or missing PostgreSQL cluster … Read more
Summary The encoding issue in Powershell’s Sort-Object cmdlet can be frustrating, especially when working with non-ASCII characters. The problem arises when the output of a command, such as winget list, is piped to sort, resulting in character corruption. This article will delve into the root cause, real-world impact, and provide a solution to this problem. … Read more
Summary The issue described is a transient infrastructure failure on Apple’s side, not a misconfiguration of the developer’s environment. The specific error Error Domain=com.apple.MobileAssetError.Download Code=47 indicates that the local Xcode tooling (xcodebuild or Xcode UI) successfully attempted to contact Apple’s MobileAsset catalog server but received a generic networking error or an unreachable response. While the … Read more