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Don't rush to solutions

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Re: Don't rush to solutions

#5
I used to think it was much easier to start coding out a problem before doing any sort of planning. My argument for this was that it gave me a hands-on understanding of the data/workflows/etc involved.

Now, the first thing I do is grab a piece of paper, map out what I do and don’t know, and fill in any knowledge gaps by asking questions. It still isn’t second nature for me, but I think it’s something worth prioritizing.

Re: Don't rush to solutions

#9
> And so, one day, a race of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings built themselves a gigantic supercomputer called Deep Thought, to calculate once and for all the answer to the Ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. For seven-and-a-half million years Deep Thought computed and calculated and eventually announced that the answer was in fact, “Forty-Two”. And so another, even bigger computer had to be built to find out what the actual question was.
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