rubber duck debugging

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What does rubber duck debugging mean?

The practice in which a programmer attempts to solve a bug by explaining their code to an inanimate object, such as a rubber duck.

Where does rubber duck debugging come from?

From a story in the book The Pragmatic Programmer (1999).

How to pronounce rubber duck debugging

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