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[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging I don't have a rubber duck near me, but I (sometim
by HenryBemis 9y ago
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging
I don't have a rubber duck near me, but I (sometimes) find it helpful, when I code and hit a wall, to 'talk to myself' (out loud). For someone who's been coding 30 years (you), you have practiced this enough to be able to debug easily (and silently:).
For newbie coders (me)(not sarcastically) sometimes this helps.
Oh, and SO is a great tool/forum, a true gift with many-many positive and helpful people.
- psyc 9y agoI do appreciate that SO does help beginners. This is part of an ongoing recent discussion that has been critical of where SO fails. I am far from convinced that SO's culture is really some deliberate Miyagi-style ruse intended to teach you that you had the power inside you all along.