Flask API pagination and filtering works, but totalRecords count seems incorrect

Summary This incident centers on a Flask REST API implementing filtering + pagination, where the totalRecords value appears unreliable. Although the API returns correct filtered results, the logic used to compute the total count introduces subtle correctness and maintainability issues. This postmortem explains why this happens, how real systems typically solve it, and why junior … Read more

Jupyter Kernel stuck on “Connecting” in Docker (CellOracle) on macOS Silicon (M2)

Summary A legacy amd64‑only Jupyter environment was run inside Docker on an Apple Silicon (M2) host. Although the container launched and Jupyter started, the notebook kernel stayed stuck on “Connecting…” because the browser could not establish a WebSocket connection to the kernel running under Rosetta‑translated Docker networking. The issue was not Tornado itself but a … Read more

Is this Deep Learning → GenAI roadmap (project-based) sufficient for transitioning into LLM & GenAI engineering in 2026?

Summary This postmortem analyzes a learning‑roadmap failure pattern frequently seen in engineers transitioning from classical Deep Learning into LLM & Generative AI engineering. The user’s roadmap is strong, but it misses several production‑critical components that real systems depend on. This document explains why these gaps appear, how they impact real systems, and how senior engineers … Read more

Serverless connector use in AppEngine seemingly blocked as unsupported by Nodejs20

Summary A deployment to App Engine Standard (Node.js 20) failed because the service attempted to configure a Serverless VPC Access Connector, a feature not supported by the Node.js 20 runtime in App Engine Standard. The platform rejected the vpc_access_connector field because the runtime does not implement the underlying VPC Access integration layer. Root Cause The … Read more

CodeIgniter 4 – Getting 404 Not Found on POST request to /auth/login (GET works fine)

Summary The issue arises from a misconfigured route in CodeIgniter 4, where the POST request to /auth/login is not properly mapped to the Auth::login method, resulting in a 404 Not Found error. The GET request works because it is explicitly defined, but the POST request is not handled correctly due to the use of $routes->add() … Read more

Fast way to identify and remove the PDF content object at a specific (x, y) point?

Summary Issue: Slow removal of PDF content objects at specific (x, y) coordinates using iText7 due to expensive geometry calculations and initialization. Impact: High latency on complex pages with many operations. Goal: Find a faster, more direct mechanism to identify and remove objects at given coordinates. Root Cause Treating every q … Q block as … Read more

Spring Security from 5 to 7 migration, error 404 login submit

Summary A migration from Spring Security 5 → 7 caused the login form submission to return HTTP 404. The root issue is that Spring Security 7 no longer uses WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter, and the old .loginProcessingUrl() and .antMatchers() configuration no longer registers the login endpoint. As a result, the POST to the login URL is not mapped, … Read more

wkhtmltopdf repeated table headers overlap rows when rows contain long, multi-line text

Summary This postmortem analyzes a wkhtmltopdf layout defect where repeated table headers overlap the first row on subsequent pages when rows contain long, multi‑line text. Although the HTML renders correctly in browsers, wkhtmltopdf’s patched Qt layout engine fails to recalculate row heights before placing repeated headers, causing truncation and overlap. Root Cause The failure stems … Read more