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This one weird trick has helped me solve so many problems that I thought were impassable in my day-to-day development. Bonus points if you couple it with purposeless walking.

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Walk to the coffee machine. Explain the problem to the coworker at the coffee machine (if no coworker is nearby, just explain to the coffee machine). While explaining the solution will magically materialize. This variation of the rubber duck method is so effective it's scary.

I absolutely do this as well and I'm not ashamed to admit that I've been able to come up with some solutions by smoking a bit of weed and just thinking about work. It can really open your mind if you can think clearly enough.

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