[steviedotboston]

Sometimes I miss thinking hard, but I also don't miss thinking really hard on a problem that seems difficult only to find out it was actually trivial and I was just looking at it the wrong way or overthinking it. We've all spent hours tracking down bugs that turned out to be silly syntax errors or spelling mistakes. It seems like that might be the trade off now.

[wtetzner]

On the other hand, those situations can be valuable learning experiences, and (even if subconscious) can help you learn to see things from more angles in the future.

Unfortunately, predicting which situations are worth it and which aren't is as hard as predicting anything else...