Julia Evans has a really great strategy for helping folks learn how to find answers themselves by writing (but not necessarily posting) an email or forum post:

Julia Evans has a really great strategy for helping folks learn how to find answers themselves by writing (but not necessarily posting) an email or forum post: https://twitter.com/b0rk/status/1546875361002135554/photo/1 https://twitter.com/b0rk/status/1546875361002135554/photo/1 This not only helps you, it helps them too. In fact, many Github repos force you to fill out a template when you try to open a new issue. I can't tell you how many times I've found my answer in the middle of writing an email or forum post (which I never end up posting). The act of writing helps me clarify my thoughts, and maybe it can help others do that too! (also, it's a life skill that applies to more than just finding answers to technical questions. When I'm stuck on a life issue, I start writing and recalling what I've tried, what worked, what didn't.) The verbal version of this is called Rubber Duck Debugging, but I find that doesn't work as well for me since I'm not a verbal person. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging