{"id":32,"date":"2014-06-06T18:08:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T18:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lianeallen.com\/home\/?p=32"},"modified":"2014-06-06T18:10:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T18:10:05","slug":"rubber-ducking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lianeallen.com\/home\/2014\/06\/rubber-ducking\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubber Ducking"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, um, this is a thing. If you’re stuck on a coding problem, you can try “rubber ducking” – pretend that you have a rubber duck on your desk, and try to describe to the duck what you’re trying to do, and what’s going wrong. <\/p>\n

Sometimes, just talking through the problem (even if the conversation is imaginary), you can get a better perspective on the issue, and be able to resolve it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, um, this is a thing. If you’re stuck on a coding problem, you can try “rubber ducking” – pretend that you have a rubber duck on your desk, and try to describe to the duck what you’re trying to do, and what’s going wrong. Sometimes, just talking through the problem (even if the conversation … <\/p>\n

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