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The bugs I hate the most are the ones that you struggle with for days and then figure out 20 minutes after posting a StackOverflow question or sending an email.

• grzm 5y ago
  The trick is to prepare your StackOverflow question, wait twenty minutes before you post it, et voilà! the answer appears! Realistically, the act of preparing the issue does trigger different thought processes, often encouraging you to be more rigorous in your presentation. Rubber-duck debugging works similarly in my experience. I know it can sound silly, but it’s helped me more than once. Both techniques have, actually.
  • Smithalicious 5y ago
    A big part of it is "letting go" of the issue, too. After I post a question or submit an issue I just wait until I get a reply and go do something else, and that's often when the solution comes to me. It's similar to taking a shower or going for a walk in that regard.