The Blog of sagarkothari88

Hello Hive Community Members,

A couple of months ago, I used to write posts about technical stuff I got involved with while contributing to Hive — but then I stopped.

Why?

Reason One: It requires a bit of time.
Reason Two: Since English isn't my first language, it takes even more time.

But on Sunday morning here in Bharat 🇮🇳, @ecoinstant suggested that putting this kind of work on-chain is a wonderful idea — and that we should lead by example. After a motivating and insightful conversation with him, I’ve decided to resume what I used to do. Thank you so much @ecoinstant.

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Okay, let’s jump into today’s topic.

Space Key Not Working on iPhone for CheckinWithXYZ

@starkerz messaged me directly. There was a weird space issue.
I was like, really? That sounds impossible. 😅

I immediately launched the app locally — everything worked fine...
But that was on a desktop browser, not mobile.

So I opened the iOS Simulator. Still, everything worked just fine.

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@starkerz: Can’t enter space — it’s a weird, annoying bug
@sagarkothari88: I can’t reproduce it — not a bug
@starkerz: Shares a link
@sagarkothari88: Still can’t reproduce it — not a bug
@starkerz: I literally sent you a screenshot and post

And I’m just in full denial mode 🤣

If I can’t reproduce the bug, it doesn’t exist. 😤

So I didn’t give it much attention — considered it a minor, low-priority issue.

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How I Ended Up Reproducing It – Testing Before Release

I had added a filter feature for admins in CheckinWithXYZ.
Deployed it. Then, for some reason, I decided to test it myself on an actual iPhone.

Boom — the bug appeared.

And I was like: faaaaaaakkk.
It was an annoying, user-breaking bug.
If I were the user, I'd be complaining loudly.

Trying to stay calm, I told myself:

It’s fine. It’s fine. It’s fine.

Just expressing my feelings through emojis/memes here 😅

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🕵️ Investigation Time

First step: Google it.

You might call me a noob for not using AI right away.
But honestly, for fixing bugs in production, I’m a little skeptical about AI answers.
Some things I still prefer doing the old-fashioned way — from experience.

Purple links — you know what that means.
I clicked all of them. Explored every possibility.

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Attempt 1

I used the highest-voted answer from the first StackOverflow post.
Tested locally on desktop and iOS simulator. Worked like a charm.

Deployed it. Boom 💥 — entire site down.
Just a gray screen.

Time to panic.

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Attempt 2

So I finally asked AI what could’ve gone wrong.
It gave answers — but again, who knows if they’re right?

Didn’t want another panic attack in production.
So I cross-verified answers on StackOverflow.

Then I realized I had more SingleChildScrollView instances than I thought.

For every instance, I applied this patch:

SingleChildScrollView(
  primary: false,
  child: _some_screen_element(),
)

Tested again on desktop, iOS simulator.
Everything worked. I deployed it.

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But after deployment... it didn’t work.
I was like: fakkkk noooo.

Let’s panic again.

But this time I stopped and asked myself:

Did I test the correct version?

I always tell @starkerz to refresh and clear the cache.
But did I do that? Answer: NO.

Cleared the cache. Reloaded.
And boom — it worked!

Finally, that weird invisible bug that wrecked the app’s user experience... was fixed.

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💬 Have You?

Have you ever faced a weird bug in your tech stack that made you question your life choices?
Please share — would love to hear!

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📝 Final Note

Since English isn’t my first language, I asked ChatGPT/AI to help optimize this post to make it more readable and viewer-friendly.

I hope this isn’t against any downvoting rules 🙏
But if it is, feel free to let me know and I’ll be more cautious next time.

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🚀 My Contributions to ♦️ Hive Ecosystem

Contribution	To	Hive	Ecosystem
Hive Witness Node	Hive API Node (in progress)	3Speak Video Encoder Node Operator (highest number of nodes)	3Speak Mobile App Developer
3Speak Podcast App Developer	3Speak Shorts App Developer	3Speak Support & Maintenance Team	Distriator Developer
CheckinWithXYZ	Hive Inbox	HiFind	Hive Donate App
Contributed to HiveAuth Mobile App	Ecency ↔ 3Speak Integration	Ecency ↔ InLeo Integration	Ecency ↔ Actifit Integration
Hive Stats App	Vote for Witness App	HiveFlutterKit	New 3Speak App

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