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> It tests if you understand the subject well enough, and the "other person" well enough, to communicate it to that other person

Interestingly, writing code not different in that regard. Too many developers think that it's enough to understand the subject. But the hardest part is often communicating the subject to other people through code.

And yeah, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging is a thing.



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