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I used to be on Efnet and DALnet and ETG servers a lot in the 90s and 00s for anime. Now I’m on Freenode all the time for #python, #django, #ubuntu, #debian, et
by k_sze 7y ago
I used to be on Efnet and DALnet and ETG servers a lot in the 90s and 00s for anime. Now I’m on Freenode all the time for #python, #django, #ubuntu, #debian, etc. It’s a good place to ask quick questions. But even more importantly, I use it for rubberducking (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging), especially when I’m digging deep into an issue in a particular piece of software and I don’t expect my colleagues in the office to (immediately) understand what I’m talking about.
I’m even in ##latin to learn, you guessed it, the Latin language.
- dmitryminkovsky 7y agoWoah thanks for the rubber duck link, that’s fun. But wouldn’t unit tests be even better? You “explain” the code line by line via unit test, except at the end of the exercise you have some tests! I’m only suggesting this because in the past few years I’ve basically discovered this approach to rubber ducking (writing tests when confused/something not working, using said tests to even step through code in a smaller context) and it’s been great.
- ksaj 7y agoWeirdly this is the first time I've hearing the term, even though it is something I've practiced for years. Basically I was taught that if you ever really wanted to understand or proof something, teach it to someone else. Thanks! Now I have a term for it.