Two other ways to have your breakthrough: take a walk, and rubber duck debugging: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging http://en.wikipedia.org/wik

Two other ways to have your breakthrough: take a walk, and rubber duck debugging: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging I've solved so, so many tough bugs while writing an email for help. I had to explain the problem with enough depth, and try all the things I know they'd say "have you tried X", before I sent it--and the solution appeared. That's RDD, essentially, with the fallback of getting help if you don't find your own answer!