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Good old CEO (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by Lisk91@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

What is the rubber duck used for? Is it like the seashells in Demolition Man?

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 47 points 1 week ago

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

tldr; basically you explain your buggy code to the duck, and when you explain it, you suddenly realize what the issue is.

any inanimate or even imaginary object works, but rubber duck is the classic option.

[-] gnutrino@programming.dev 24 points 1 week ago

I find my dog works well too, she's a great listener.

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 week ago

~~good~~ best debugger

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Best little bugger

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

I call it the Labrador method.

[-] gloog@fedia.io 19 points 1 week ago

Have you ever been stuck on a problem (school, work, personal, whatever) and as soon as you go to ask someone for help, you start explaining the problem and figure it out? You basically use the duck for that - explain the problem out loud to "someone else" and sometimes you'll see what you were missing.