You just need to chat about the solution before you start coding - which is the normal way to do it. You: I have the task of X and I'm thinking of doing Y to d

You just need to chat about the solution before you start coding - which is the normal way to do it. You: I have the task of X and I'm thinking of doing Y to do it Other dev: Oh, we have W for that, it might help You: Cool, I'll check W out