Since the stuff I work with is generally software, this is quite easy: either read the source code, or ask the person who wrote it on IRC. Admittedly, this app

Since the stuff I work with is generally software, this is quite easy: either read the source code, or ask the person who wrote it on IRC. Admittedly, this approach has the downside of not producing something that others encountering the same issue can find by Googling. Unless I blog it, of course.