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Why Do Rubber Ducks Work?

ymc9 on January 30, 2024

Programming is often perceived by outsiders as a mysterious errand that is mechanical, highly rational, and a bit boring. Managers without an engin...
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Anmol Baranwal • Edited

My brain is overloaded :D
I'm very happy to read this. Software development is critical and is quite stressful too. There are countless projects and things that we can do.
But being a little confused makes it worth it!

Some of the things that I really liked:

  • Oppenheimer said: “There is no better way to learn than to teach”.

Damn! The shower one caught me off guard.

  • How about convincing your boss to allocate a few shower rooms in the workplace and label them “Shrine of Inspiration”?

  • Programming is like making music or movies — tension is created and then resolved, and the process gives the artist a great sense of fulfillment.

When is the next one coming :>

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Fyodor

Oppinion: AI coding assistants are rubber ducks of the new age

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ymc9 ZenStack

Or we become the ducks 😄

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Fyodor

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Ranjan Dailata

Amazing. Thanks for your contribution.

This is where the human's beat the AI in producing the amazing content :)

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ymc9 ZenStack

Thanks @ranjancse . What you said is very inspiring!

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Michalis Papamichael • Edited

Excellent article! Described greatly how software developers are.

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Renato Teixeira • Edited

really nice topics! I'm saving it for later, I'll probably need to read this again in the future! thanks :D

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BeacampHQ

This is amazing! Great content.

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C.H.

For me, they don't... I just feel stupid talking to a duck