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I do this a lot too. In fact more often than not I end up not posting the question because either I solve the problem or I think of a possible solution I should
by Brandon0 14y ago
I do this a lot too. In fact more often than not I end up not posting the question because either I solve the problem or I think of a possible solution I should go try first. I think we should start calling it Digital Rubber Ducking.
- hfsktr 14y agoI am looking for an excuse to make digitalrubberduck(y/ie).com If I was a bit more clever I feel like there is a use there.
- tekromancr 14y agoJust make a programming themed chatterbot,drop some ads (If you are so inclined), and you are golden! Someone posted a plugin for IntelliJ that allows you to do just that. I would use a web based one of it existed.
- danohuiginn 14y agoI have occasionally used eliza for this (the basic chatbot in emacs and elsewhere). I'm sure with a bit of tuning you could make a debugging-centred variant of it.
- tekromancr 14y agoWhat do the Unit Tests say? Have you tried running a debugger and stepping through the code? Hmm, go on. Wait a sec, can you reexplain that last bit?