It's not uncommon for me to get stuck on a programming problem and go start composing…

Posted by on April 22, 2013 Leave a comment (5) Go to comments

It's not uncommon for me to get stuck on a programming problem and go start composing a forum post explaining my problems and asking for some help.

In the process of explaining my problem in enough detail and in a structured-enough manner to explain it to other people I realize the solution to my issue.

This also happens when I write docstrings.

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  1. Noah Maze April 22, 2013 at 4:07 pm

    One of the best things about programming is the fact that there is a phrase for EVERYTHING that a programmer might experience.  In this case, you just discovered rubber duck debugging! :) 

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

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  2. Phillip Hagger April 22, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    Happens when I simply try to explain it to someone whether they understand what I'm talking about or not.

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  3. Phillip Hagger April 22, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    +Noah Maze I should have read your link first. 🙂

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  4. Steven Fines April 22, 2013 at 6:14 pm

    +Noah Maze I've been calling that "wall debugging" for ages- i.e. talking to a wall and discovering the solution.

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