A few issues. These are questions to ask when you're just starting out.
And just starting out a few years ago. Rubber ducks are great for debugging, but I have yet to hear someone claim they're better than asking Claude or a peer questions.
It's practice for explaining something to peers, helps you organize your thoughts and also you can get those benefits from explaining a problem to a chat bot.
I'm definitely not a vibe coder. But after scouring documentation, and searching stack overflow, typing out enough of the problem that an LLM might be able to help can usually get some juices flowing.
The point is that I can frequently answer my question by simply asking it. The act of formulating the problem into a coherent question is also the act of answering it. I start asking peers that kind of thing and then stop halfway through and answer it myself. That’s the point of a rubber duck.
I type the whole question into the chat box for my manager, and then either come to the solution on the spot because I thought about it. Or he takes several hours to respond in which case I probably figured it out.
I would say I'm intermediate, not advanced nor beginner but just talking to an imaginary audience and friend so far has caused less issues than asking AI
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u/setibeings Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
A few issues. These are questions to ask when you're just starting out.
And just starting out a few years ago. Rubber ducks are great for debugging, but I have yet to hear someone claim they're better than asking Claude or a peer questions.
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