API versioning in Spring Boot, how to avoid code duplication (SonarQube Code Duplication)?

Summary In Spring Boot microservices, developers often version APIs by copy-pasting controller classes, especially when the business logic change is minimal. This leads to significant code duplication, frequently caught by static analysis tools like SonarQube, which blocks the build due to quality gates. The specific scenario involves two controllers (v1 and v2) sharing nearly identical … Read more

Data ingestion to splunk cloud using Lambda

Summary Ingesting 1TB per hour (approximately 278 MB/s) to Splunk Cloud using AWS Lambda alone is fundamentally constrained by Lambda’s concurrency model and network egress limits, leading to predictable throttling and data latency. The root cause is not a configuration error, but an architectural mismatch: attempting to use a stateless, burst-optimized compute service (Lambda) for … Read more

How do we revive stackoverflow?

Summary The question of reviving Stack Overflow’s popularity has been a topic of discussion among developers. Attracting and retaining users is crucial for the platform’s success. To achieve this, Stack Overflow needs to become a space where developers hang out, share knowledge, and collaborate. Root Cause The root cause of Stack Overflow’s declining numbers can … Read more

Assigning various GPU types at runtime in Kubernetes

Summary This postmortem analyzes the failure to schedule a GPU-accelerated container after a node outage when using preferred node affinity in Kubernetes. The core issue was an overly restrictive pod specification that assumed the availability of a specific GPU resource or node label. While the scheduling directive was “preferred,” the pod’s container spec likely defined … Read more

fstat vs stat – fstat does not update?

Summary The issue at hand is the inconsistent behavior of fstat(2) when compared to stat(2) in updating the st_mtime field after a file modification. This discrepancy arises when using fstat with a file descriptor that was opened prior to the file modification, whereas stat always seems to fetch the latest information. Root Cause The root … Read more

How to exclude subtotal lines from result

Summary This postmortem addresses a failure in invoice parsing logic designed to exclude subtotal lines using a regular expression. The system incorrectly identified and processed certain non-service rows, leading to data contamination in downstream aggregation. The core issue was a misunderstanding of negative lookahead assertions and character consumption within the regex engine, combined with a … Read more

Include a subdirectory using Conan

Summary The core issue was a missing Conan package definition for the mylib dependency. The myapp recipe attempted to use find_package(mylib) in CMake, but there was no Conan recipe to export or package the mylib headers. Consequently, the mylib::mylib target was undefined, causing the linker error. Additionally, the CMake configuration referenced a discovery_devices target, which … Read more

Composer install fails in Docker: curl (35) OpenSSL SSL_connect SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL when fetching repo.openclassify.com/packages.json

Summary The curl (35) OpenSSL SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL error occurs when the Docker container attempts an SSL handshake with repo.openclassify.com but the underlying TCP connection is reset or refused before the handshake completes. This is typically caused by TLS version mismatches, network path interference (proxy/firewall), or system time skew, rather than a certificate validation issue. Since the … Read more

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 can I get a single entry from a custom database table in WordPress?

Summary The code attempts to retrieve a single value (authority) from a custom WordPress database table (tbl_industries) based on a user-provided ID (via $_REQUEST[‘industry’]) and immediately prints it. The primary failure is SQL Injection due to unsanitized user input directly concatenated into the query, compounded by the likely absence of the custom table in the … Read more