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Discussion on: 5 things a developer should do before asking for help

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Rafal Pienkowski

Nice article.
Personally, I'd like the sixth point

Try to explain the problem to a rubber duck (or another kind of mascot).

I think that saying my thoughts in a way I can hear them have a magical influence of understanding the problem 😁

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Lyon

It is shocking how helpful this actually is. I can confirm, and have read in books such as "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning" that there is actual science to why this works.