• brokenlcd@feddit.it
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    4 months ago

    It seems like a flavour of the rubber duck method; by trying to explain it to a third party, you think about it in a different way and find a solution.

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      2 days ago

      Sometimes a realise the answer to a question when i am writing a reddit/lemmy post asking for help.

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        4 months ago

        Trust me bro(ette): Rubber duck is the SHIT. I don’t even program save for a few rare instances, but any complex issue where you just know something is wrong but can’t quite put your finger on it? It works miracles. A lot better tbf if you are actually explaining it to someone who can ask questions, but any object that you can look at is a good substitute.

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        I think it’s a bit more than that. I think that the idea is that you simplify the problem so that the rubber duck could understand it. Or at least reformulate it in order to communicate it clearly.

        It’s the simplification, reformulation or reorganisation that helps to get the breakthrough.

        Just thinking out loud isn’t quite the same thing.