# Adding a Global Group Module (Header) to a Child Theme: Why CSS Failed to Load ## Summary – A developer cloned a global header module in a HubSpot CMS child theme. – The cloned module was referenced in `base.html` via the module path. – The header displayed structurally but rendered without CSS styling. – … Read more
# How to solve Xcode error “The i386 architecture is deprecated.” ## Summary – Deprecated i386 architecture prevented macOS app release builds – Project settings contained legacy 32-bit Intel (i386) architecture references – Debug builds succeeded due to “Build Active Architectures Only” masking the issue – Resolution required manual removal of i386 from build settings … Read more
# Angular CDK Tree Expansion: Why Expanding a Node Doesn’t Automatically Expand Parents ## Summary – The Angular CDK Tree API requires manual recursive expansion of parent nodes when programmatically expanding a nested child node. – Default behavior (`MatTree.expand()`) only expands the target node, leaving ancestors unchanged. – Developers must implement custom logic to expand … Read more
# Postmortem: Incorrect Conditional Logic in Access Report Field Population ## Summary An attempt to dynamically populate an unbound text box on an Access report based on record-level conditions resulted in all records showing the same error message (“Missing General Citation”), regardless of actual field values. ## Root Cause – The conditional logic in the … Read more
# Static Linking Failure: Unwanted libwinpthread-1.dll Dependency in MinGW-w64 Rust Plug-in ## Summary – Compiling a Windows plug-in (.dll) combining Rust (`staticlib`) and C code resulted in an unwanted runtime dependency on `libwinpthread-1.dll` – Target environment: 32-bit Windows (i686) using mingw-w64-i686-gcc – Rust `windows-gnu` toolchain hardwired to POSIX threading required runtime dependency resolution – General … Read more
Production Postmortem: Type Handling Failure in Weather Condition Classification Summary A production system incorrectly classified weather conditions due to duplicated logic and improper data typing. Wind speed classifications failed universally because: wind_speed inputs were treated as strings instead of floats Classification logic was unnecessarily duplicated across temperature branches wind_type variable accessed before initialization Root Cause … Read more
# The Type Sync Struggle: Sharing TypeScript Types Across Repositories ## Summary A recurring challenge emerged in multiple projects when attempting to share TypeScript types between independently versioned frontend/backend repositories. Custom-built solutions using tooling like TypeOwl provided partial relief through HTTP-based type synchronization, but introduced DX friction by requiring manual schema declarations and diverging from … Read more
Websocket Authentication Failure on Coinbase Sandbox: Floating-Point Timestamp Issue Summary A VB6 client experienced an “Authentication Failed” error when connecting to Coinbase’s sandbox WebSocket. The connection succeeded, but authentication failed due to an unexpected timestamp format in the subscription message, violating Coinbase’s API requirements. Root Cause Coinbase’s authentication requires integer timestamps (whole seconds) in request … Read more
# Postmortem: Unexpected Transaction Nesting Behavior in TypeORM ## Summary During database operation implementation, nested transaction blocks (`transaction` inside `transaction`) were implemented assuming independent transactions would be created. Instead, TypeORM reused the outer transaction context, causing unintended state propagation and rollback behavior. ## Root Cause Transaction nesting behavior in TypeORM exhibits a non-standard pattern: – … Read more
# Payflow: Payment Option Visibility Configuration Gap ## Summary – Attempted to hide PayPal Credit and PayPal Express Checkout from Hosted Checkout Pages – Configuration settings described in documentation were missing from PayPal Manager – Standard parameter methods (e.g., `RETURNURL`) didn’t work for payment options – Required PayPal intervention for solution implementation ## Root Cause … Read more