[hiccuphippo]

> sometimes I would spend 10 minutes crafting a prompt, forcing me to fully understand and articulate my own line of thinking about what I was trying to achieve

Yes, usually called rubberducking. Trying to explain a problem to someone else can lead you to the answer. Many times I've found the answer to something while trying to write the question in StackOverflow.

[wernah]

Ha just googled this and realized this is exactly it. Makes a lot of sense as a forcing function to better understand your messy thoughts

[tamimio]

For me it’s usually after I submit an issue, few minutes later I found the solution.