GWT FlexTable bug

Just faced a complex and really bad bug with GWT's FlexTable.

It tends to forget about the cells removed! So, if I remove some cells, and then add some more, the old ones randomly appear.

Problem is that I was developing really complex layout with dynamic cell manipulation and hard use of rowspan/colspan. And spent 4 hrs fixing algorithm :( :( :(..

Technical details

• Methods FlexTable::clearRow() and FlexTable::clearCell() seem to be broken (at least in GWT 1.5). They do their job, but sometimes deleted cells reappear in table. That's frustrating.
• This is also stated on the Google code tracker : Issue 1766
• I avoided this problem by replacing calls to clearRow and clearCell to FlexTable::clear(). Yes, that's a heavy solution - but it did fit for me :)

Time, endless short time

KISS.
We have all heard of this principle, we try to use whenever we can.
There are tons of books about programming that use this principle - XP KISS system design, KISS code, which is easy-readable.

I have spent about 3 hours fighting with Ubuntu sound systems. I have discovered that there are several different sound servers/systems/modules that do use sound devices on different level of abstraction and HAVE NO COMMON INTERFACES.

Know what? My sound disappeared: I could not call with skype, I could not listen to music; no sound at all. I tried to revert to the original configuration, back and force - no sound at all.

And know what the problem was? My pcm device was muted in the mixer. I spent few minutes checking and fixing that. And three hours finding out what the hell is going on.

So, KISS.