Summary A long-running Excel macro that ingests data from a web query suddenly failed after six months of stability. The macro is designed to pull specific tables from a URL into a designated worksheet. The failure manifested as a runtime error during the web query refresh process. The core issue is a hardcoded connection string … Read more
Summary This postmortem analyzes the integration of third-party interactive virtual lab simulations (specifically PraxiLabs) into a custom Learning Management System (LMS). The core challenge involves establishing a seamless, data-rich connection that feels like a native feature to the user. The integration requires bridging the gap between the LMS and the simulation provider using standard protocols … Read more
Summary The core issue is an attempt to perform client-side web scraping of a modern e-commerce platform (Wildberries) directly from an Android application. The user encountered immediate request blocking, likely due to sophisticated bot detection, WAF (Web Application Firewall) rules, and TLS fingerprinting. The root cause is a fundamental architectural mismatch: treating a complex, security-hardened … Read more
Summary Key takeaway: The statically.io CDN endpoint path /main/ was replaced with @main/ by the provider, breaking all existing references in code and websites. This is a classic dependency path change that requires an immediate update to the URL string in the source code. Action required: Search and replace all occurrences of cdn.statically.io/…/main/ with cdn.statically.io/…/@main/. … Read more
Summary The question asks about creating custom Android Studio project templates (including dependencies like Hilt, Retrofit, etc.) in the current Android Studio environment (Electric Eel to Giraffe). The direct answer is that Android Studio does not have a built-in, user-friendly UI for creating new template projects similar to the “New Project” wizard. Instead, developers must … Read more
Summary A developer experiences high reliability for Google Nearby Connections API on a local Wi-Fi, but near-total failure (STATUS_ENDPOINT_IO_ERROR) when testing outdoors. The root cause is expected behavior of the transport selection strategy, specifically a failure to fall back to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) or failing to request Critical Permissions (Bluetooth Scanning) on Android 11+. … Read more
Summary The question revolves around running a Windows Service built with .NET Framework 4.7.2 on Windows 10/11 ARM64 machines that have .NET Framework 4.8.1 installed. The key inquiry is whether such a service can run natively on ARM64 architecture given that .NET Framework 4.8.1 introduces native ARM64 support as an in-place update. Root Cause The … Read more
Summary The reported issue is a false positive “package is damaged” error on macOS when downloading Unity Hub or Unity Editor installers. This is not actual corruption; it is a macOS security quarantine flag applied to unsigned or notarized software downloaded from the web. This flag triggers Gatekeeper and Finder checks that report the file … Read more
Summary The Entra sign-in browser is getting stuck in a .NET MAUI app, preventing the sign-in process from completing. This issue is similar to a previous problem with Azure AD B2C, which was resolved by changing the NuGet package. However, downgrading the MSAL NuGet package to previous versions does not resolve the issue. Root Cause … 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