UML diagram problems

Summary The problem presented involves creating a UML Use Case Diagram to model a scenario where a mother and daughter cook dinner together, with the mother being responsible for mixing cocktails. The question revolves around choosing the correct representation of this scenario from given options, with a focus on the use of an abstract actor … Read more

issue with fill legend in R ggplot

Summary The issue at hand is related to ggplot2 in R, where the show.legend = F argument is not effectively removing the legend entries for the fill = Label aesthetic in a ternary plot created with ggtern. This results in an unwanted legend for the Label variable, in addition to the desired legend for the … Read more

Unity Material coming up as null from UIToolkit, and it won’t set custom attributes

Summary A developer is attempting to animate a custom shader parameter (_RevealAmount) on a VisualElement in Unity’s UI Toolkit. The unityMaterial property appears as null at runtime, and setting attributes on it fails to update the screen. The root cause is that UI Toolkit materials are immutable copies used for inline styles. Attempting to mutate … Read more

Configuring connection pool setting – maxRequestsPerHost in openai-ai java

Summary A production Java service using the openai-java SDK experienced intermittent timeout errors and elevated latency when calling OpenAI APIs under load. The root cause was an unconfigured OkHttp connection pool, specifically the maxRequestsPerHost limit. The default OkHttp client settings (5 requests per host) bottlenecked concurrent API calls, causing requests to queue and eventually time … Read more

Sometimes LiveKit SwiftUI SDK not showing partner’s video

## Summary A critical issue caused sporadic failures in displaying video streams of partners using the LiveKit SwiftUI SDK across iOS and visionOS platforms. **The root cause was premature signaling of “connected” status before confirming local video track publication completion**, causing peers to misinterpret connection readiness. — ## Root Cause The failure stemmed from **race … Read more

What does PoissonRegression.predict() actually return in sklearn?

Summary The PoissonRegression.predict() function in scikit-learn returns the predicted value of the target variable, which is the expected count of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space. This value is based on the Poisson distribution, a discrete probability distribution that models the number of events occurring in a fixed interval. Root Cause … Read more

instanceof behavior when comparing a variable

Summary An instanceof Uuid check always returned false despite explicit type annotation (const warehouse_id: Uuid). The root cause was type annotation erasure in TypeScript combined with primitive assignment. Runtime values weren’t instances of the Uuid class since warehouse.id was a primitive (likely a string). Root Cause TypeScript types are purely compile-time constructs. The Uuid type … Read more

Swing spinner widget

Postmortem: UI Freeze Due to Custom Spinner Implementation in Swing Summary After implementing a custom animated spinner widget for a Swing-based application, users reported full UI freezes during operations exceeding 2 seconds. Tracing the issue revealed a critical threading error in the spinner animation logic. Root Cause The UI froze because the spinner implementation violated … Read more

How to create Photoshop layer masks from arbitrary pixel data in UXP plugin?

Summary We encountered a challenge in a Photoshop UXP plugin where Lab Fill Layers couldn’t receive pixel-based masks despite successful geometric selections. The core issue arises from Lab color mode constraints and UXP API limitations, preventing direct pixel data injection into masks via conventional imaging methods. Root Cause Key factors causing the failure: Fill Layers … Read more