TIL the rubber duck method actually fixed my bug after 3 hours of staring at code

I was stuck on a loop that kept skipping every other entry in a list I was building for a pet project. After trying console logs and googling for like an hour, I grabbed a little duck figure off my desk and started explaining my code out loud to it. About 30 seconds into talking through the loop condition, I realized I was using 'continue' wrong (it was jumping back too early). Has anyone else had that moment where explaining your code to something silly like a rubber duck just instantly clicks?

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ray_patel2723d ago

Wait, people actually talk to rubber ducks and it works?" - yeah I used to think it was dumb too until I tried it and fixed my bug in 2 minutes.

perry.jessica23d ago

Wait, people actually talk to rubber ducks and it works?