Post #2116873
2026-05-06 18:24 UTC
Replies (8)
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@glass@typo.social 2026-05-06 18:34
@ashur@front-end.social @foozmeat@pdx.social This is a super helpful approach that can be used for all sorts of mental roadblocks. Much appreciated to know!
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@jasonsantamaria@typo.social 2026-05-06 18:56
@ashur@front-end.social I love this! And especially love how it doesn’t assume anything about ability or knowledge, and instead opens the door to work as a team to figure something out. <3
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@stublag@xoxo.zone 2026-05-06 20:25
@ashur@front-end.social Dang, I am going to start using this immediately!
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@ddbeck@mastodon.social 2026-05-07 10:51
@ashur@front-end.social This is really nice. I think it's also good advice for asking in public forums (e.g., here, some tool's Discord server, etc.). I shared it in a community chat I help moderate. Thank you for writing it!
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@threetonesun@front-end.social 2026-05-07 13:20
@ashur@front-end.social @foozmeat@pdx.social the answer in my house is always (jokingly, I think?):
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@ioflow@sea.wavelight.ws 2026-05-10 23:44
@ashur@front-end.social yes! this is why i write about what i'm doing at the time. not only documenting progress toward solving technical issues, but also working through a creative journey or process. where it began, where it is now, where it might go, its completion. i jot down ideas, prior explorations, decisions, outcomes, plans, and anything deferred to the future. asking "what have i tried?" offers gentle guidance away from getting stuck (again), and also opens up new possibilities. 🌿
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@ashur@front-end.social 2026-05-15 19:22
☝🏼 I think about this question a lot these days as I watch problems — with better, faster, more accurate, cheaper, and less wasteful solutions *that already exist* — being eagerly fed into LLMs As in, “What have you tried [before settling for a plausible sounding answer (presented with the veneer of utmost confidence!) that in all likelihood is complete hogwash]?”
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@pcdevil@mastodon.social 2026-05-15 20:14
@ashur@front-end.social thanks for sharing this Ashur, and @foozmeat@pdx.social for the wisdom! (or whatever I should call it)