When debugging a program, instead of quietly struggling in front of the screen, there is a technique called ' rubber duck debugging ' in which you explain the code line by line to a rubber duck doll ...

Mike Couch is a Managing Partner at Couch & Associates where he tackles marketing and technology challenges for brands around the world. At our martech agency, where I serve as CEO and managing ...

You’re neck-deep in IKEA assembly instructions. Furniture parts lie strewn across the floor. Your new purchase sits half-complete in front of you, mocking your fruitless hours. As an uninterested ...

You’re neck-deep in IKEA assembly instructions. Furniture parts lie strewn across the floor. Your new purchase sits half-complete in front of you, mocking your fruitless hours. As an uninterested ...

A yellow rubber duck as a problem solver — a tried and tested trick from the IT scene: In so-called rubber duck debugging, you explain your own problem to a plastic bird step by step and often ...

Software developer Dale Nunns presented his experience creating an offline conversation engine and building it into the body of a 3D printed duck at Devconf this year. Nunns, who is the technical lead ...

Explore the surprising scientific applications of rubber ducks, from debugging to tracking ocean currents and studying bacteria.