To be fair, I think he meant he "solved" it by googling and finding a stack overflow link. He wasn't being literal (I thought he was as well at first).

Maybe he's poking fun at the fact that in 3 seconds of searching he can solve the problem? A problem that would, without prior maze-solving knowledge/experience, have taken far longer than 3 seconds.

"Solved that".

There was nothing about being a new creative and novel solution. And in terms of time gained and effort expended, this "LMGTFY" technique is the best.

Again, I like working on things that aren't on StackExchange.