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  • When Emojis Break: A Tale of Character Set Mismatches in Legacy Systems

    We’ve all been there—maintaining a legacy system that’s grown organically over the years. This is a story about one such system, where a seemingly simple issue with emoji support revealed a fascinating charset mismatch between two applications talking to the same database. The Setup Picture this: a legacy infrastructure with two applications sharing a massive — read more

    Oct 17, 2025

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