I just wrote a bug report which was so detailed that it solved my problem by forcing me read the documentation.

[edent@mastodon.social]

I just wrote a bug report which was so detailed that it solved my problem by forcing me read the documentation.

Bug report deleted before being sent.

Am I my own rubber duck?

[sil@mastodon.social]

@Edent yes. Sadly, though, Hofstadter’s law applies: this trick doesn’t work if you do it deliberately. It only works when you don’t think it’ll work.

[ratkins@mastodon.social]

@Edent I (used to) do this with Stack Overflow all the time. I’d often even post and self-answer the question.