This is very much how my brain works too, and I wonder if it's prevalent at all. I'll know something is possible, and vaguely know what the technique is called

This is very much how my brain works too, and I wonder if it's prevalent at all. I'll know something is possible, and vaguely know what the technique is called, and I will be able to incorporate that knowledge into my thinking. Then whenever it is time to build stuff, there's a lot of very specific googling to lay down a strong foundation of a solution.