>>After some time with no progress in figuring out what sticks, it’s time to step away from that approach. That's exactly what motivated me to make a habit of

>>After some time with no progress in figuring out what sticks, it’s time to step away from that approach. That's exactly what motivated me to make a habit of going to SO first. But I don't just go there looking to copy and paste. I go there to learn and always review all the solutions given and the history and comments on them. It was a struggle though because I was ornery and had made a habit of trying to figure everything out on my own. I generally know the logic required but struggled with the syntax to implement it. Since I made that a habit I have learned so much from contributors there and made huge gains in productivity. They don't really give a good or direct reason to "step away" from SO here though. It's really more about crafting code you can read and understand and that's good advice.