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If you write a paper you also first cite what is state of the art. Before you go into details what Innovation you came up with. So researching SO first, before
by _up 11y ago
If you write a paper you also first cite what is state of the art. Before you go into details what Innovation you came up with. So researching SO first, before reinventing the Wheel. Resembles more the scientific way of problem solving. You can also learn a lot by reading and understanding all the different solutions that are often given to a Problem. Your time is better used if you solve new problems or find a better solutions than reinventing the wheel and you also learn as much if not more.
- Scarblac 11y agoIt's hard to argue much about this because nobody so far said what kind of problem we're trying to solve. But I feel the first step should be going to the documentation of whatever language or library you're using, rather than Stack Overflow. SO will tell you the answer to a single question, the docs usually give some more information (you don't get "use this option", but "here are the options and this is what they do") so the chance is higher that next time, you'll just know the answer. Of course when inexplicable things happen or when docs are bad, SO can be pure gold.