Lesson 758 of 1234
Talking to AI Like a Rubber Duck to Fix Bugs
Explaining your code to AI out loud often helps you find the bug yourself.
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- 1The big idea
- 2rubber-duck
- 3debugging
- 4explaining
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Section 1
The big idea
Coders have a funny trick: they explain their code to a rubber duck, and the bug magically appears! AI works even better — you can type your code AND it asks smart questions.
Some examples
- You paste your code and say 'walk me through what this does'.
- AI asks: 'What did you EXPECT this line to do?'
- Often you spot the mistake while you're explaining!
- If not, AI usually helps you find it next.
Try it!
Find a small bit of code. Tell AI 'I want this to do X but it does Y. Ask me questions.' Try it!
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