A Tip for Debugging Tricky Software Bugs or Issues

A Tip for Debugging Tricky Software Bugs or Issues

While building software, once in a while we face some weird issue which is supposed to just work fine according to our understanding, but it is not working, and we don’t have any clue. We spent hours and hours trying to understand what the hell is going wrong and why it is not working. Even worse, the exact same code is working fine in a small demo application. We all have been into this situation at some point in our careers, right?

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How (not) to ask for Technical Help?

How (not) to ask for Technical Help?

We, software developers, have a great advantage when it comes to getting help from others. Irrespective of how much experience you have you will need help fromm others. And, there are plenty of good people out there willing to help you by means of answering on StackOverflow, writing blog posts, making video tutorials etc. They are taking their personal time to help strangers whom they may never meet in-person, kudos to all of them.

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Select ALL starters on Spring Initializer (http://start.spring.io)

If you are working on Spring Boot then you most probably aware of Spring Initializer (http://start.spring.io) which is an online spring boot application generator. You can select the starters that you want to use and then generate the application. If you notice that there is no SELECT ALL option to select all the starters. Who would do that insane thing of selecting all the starters for an application??!!??? But, i would like to have the SELECT ALL option for one single reason:

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How to fix “vt-x is disabled in the bios” error?

If you face the vt-x is disabled in the bios error while trying to run Android emulator, here is the solution that worked for me. Step 1: Enable Virtualization Technology in BIOS Go to BIOS Setup and enable “Virtualization Technology” option. On my Lenovo laptop this option was already enabled, but still getting this error. I have disabled it and re-enabled it, then it is working. Step 2: Install HAXM Installer from Android SDK Manager Start the Android SDK Manager, select Extras -> Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM Installer) and install it.

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