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UWC Pakistan Opens Applications for 2027 Intake

UWC Pakistan has opened applications for its 2027 intake. Eligible students can submit their online applications until September 30, 2026. … Read More The post UWC Pakistan Opens Applications for 2027 Intake appeared first on ProPakistani .

UWC Pakistan Opens Applications for 2027 Intake

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Pakistan Cotton Production Jumps 27%

Pakistan’s cotton arrivals rose 27 percent year on year to nearly 1.7 million bales by Aug. 31, helped by favorable … Read More The post Pakistan Cotton Production Jumps 27% appeared first on…

ArgoCD SSO with AWS IAM Identity Center (via Dex SAML)

A short, reproducible guide to wiring ArgoCD login to AWS Identity Center using ArgoCD's bundled Dex as a SAML service provider.

  • Configure ArgoCD to use AWS IAM Identity Center for SSO via Dex SAML.
  • Map App attribute to Subject format ${user:subject} for persistent email in IAM Identity Center.

How do you actually test for a failure that leaves no trace?

Code and results: github.com/ashwin-sridhar/silent-failure-harness There's a specific kind of bug I have a hard time explaining to people who haven't hit it. Not a crash. Not a stack trace.

  • "Ack-then-persist" variant lost events due to process kill before DB insert
  • "Persist-then-ack" variant maintained all events, proving persistence before ack
  • Unique constraint on deduplication key prevents duplicate rows more reliably

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