Summary This postmortem addresses a KEY-NOT-FOUND error occurring when validating XML-DSIG signatures using xmlsec1 due to missing trust-chain validation. The error surfaced specifically when removing the –insecure flag生存 despite provisioning all required certificates (signing, intermediate CA, and root CA) in a PEM file. Root Cause The root cause is incomplete trust chain resolution by xmlsec1: … Read more

Summary The question revolves around importing a database into LiveCode, specifically from a CSV file, to develop a custom stack with unique manipulation requirements. LiveCode is a powerful development environment, but database import functionality can be complex. The user’s goal is to recreate a Hypercard stack in a modern system, leveraging custom database manipulation not … Read more

tokio's select! macro seems to be ignoring a branch: A Postmortem Summary A recurring device input pattern using Tokio's select! macro failed to process events when combined with a long-running network operation. Analysis revealed asynchronous task dependency starvation due to improper future management. Root Cause The root cause was incorrect handling of reusable futures in … Read more

Summary The issue at hand involves a C++ code snippet that utilizes std::optional and its emplace method. Compiler compatibility is a significant concern here, as the code fails to compile with clang 20 but is accepted by gcc and msvc. This discrepancy raises questions about which compiler is correct and why such differences occur. Root … Read more

Summary Rescaling SVG artwork to fixed dimensions (e.g., 64×64) requires explicit width and height attributes in the root <svg> element. When missing, browsers render the SVG at its internal “viewBox” size (1000×1000 here), ignoring the target display dimensions. Adding width=”64″ height=”64″ solves the issue. Root Cause The SVG lacked explicit dimensions. Its scaling behavior relies … Read more

## Summary Push notifications stopped appearing in IntelliJ IDEA after recent Git configuration changes. Though pushes succeeded silently in the background and appeared correctly in commit logs, users received no visual confirmation (balloons or panel notifications) of push completion. The trigger was changing Git credential settings – specifically unsetting `user.password` globally and enabling **”Use credentials … Read more

Production Incident: Outdated Java Extension Installed in Alpine-Based Devcontainer Summary After updating VS Code to version 1.107.0 and rebuilding an Alpine-based Java devcontainer, workflows failed due to installation of an outdated redhat.java extension (v1.13.0). This caused incompatible JDK identification and compilation errors. The issue stems from VS Code’s updated extension installation logic prioritizing platform-specific extensions, … Read more

How to Find Missing Runtime Dependencies in .NET Summary TargetInvocationException errors with inner FileNotFoundException indicate missing runtime assemblies required by your .NET Framework 4.7.2 application. Unlike compilation dependencies, these are detected at runtime when the CLR fails to locate referenced assemblies or their dependencies. Standard tools like Process Explorer only show loaded modules, not failed … Read more

Summary The Excel add-in is intermittently crashing when a new Excel book is opened while old books are open and functions are running. This issue is reproducible with a clean install of the add-in and is caused by the recalculation of functions across all workbooks when a new workbook is opened. Root Cause The root … Read more