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by sophonX 1195 days ago
That's a good suggestion for small to medium codebase. In huge codebase, it's not feasible but explaining to others (like colleagues or interns or friends(oss repos not proprietary stuff)) usually helps me a lot.

Like talking to a duck.

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Most colleagues (even developers) walk away in boredom as soon as the discussion gets too deep. I do understand though as they are happy to help me, but when it gets too deep they feel they are doing the work for me
Oh, that's sad. Most of the time, even if the other person isn't listening - it usually helps at lot talking out, you know - just clears up thoughts.
Yes it definitely helps me when I try to explain it, so that’s something