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2024-07-18
172.67.187.214
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2024-09-10
104.21.72.239
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HTTP/1.1 200 OKDate: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 14:24:16 GMTContent-Type: text/html; charsetUTF-8Transfer-Encoding: chunkedConnection: keep-aliveLast-Modified: Sat, 31 Jul 2021 11:00:21 GMTVary: Accept-Encoding !doctype html>html langen>head>meta charsetutf-8>title>The XY Problem/title>meta namedescription contentAsking about your attempted solution rather than your actual problem>link relstylesheet hrefstyle.css>link relapple-touch-icon sizes180x180 hrefimg/apple-touch-icon.png>link relicon typeimage/png sizes32x32 hrefimg/favicon-32x32.png>link relicon typeimage/png sizes16x16 hrefimg/favicon-16x16.png>link relmanifest hrefimg/manifest.json>link relmask-icon hrefimg/safari-pinned-tab.svg color#5bbad5>link relshortcut icon hrefimg/favicon.ico>meta nameapple-mobile-web-app-title contentXY Problem>meta nameapplication-name contentXY Problem>meta namemsapplication-config contentimg/browserconfig.xml>meta nametheme-color content#ffffff>/head>body>div idcontainer>div idheader>h1>The XY Problem/h1>/div>div idnavigation>ul>li>a href#>See Also:/a>/li>li>a hrefhttp://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>Asking Smart Questions/a>/li>/ul>/div>div idcontent>h2>What is it?/h2>p>The XY problem is asking about your attempted i>solution/i> rather than your actual i>problem/i>. This leads to enormous amounts of wasted time and energy, both on the part of people asking for help, and on the part of those providing help./p>ul>li>User wants to do X./li>li>User doesnt know how to do X, but thinks they can fumble their way to a solution if they can just manage to do Y./li>li>User doesnt know how to do Y either./li>li>User asks for help with Y./li>li>Others try to help user with Y, but are confused because Y seems like a strange problem to want to solve./li>li>After much interaction and wasted time, it finally becomes clear that the user really wants help with X, and that Y wasnt even a suitable solution for X./li>/ul>p>The problem occurs when people get stuck on what they believe is the solution and are unable step back and explain the issue in full./p>h2>What to do about it?/h2>ol>li>Always include information about a broader picture along with any attempted solution./li>li>If someone asks for more information, do provide details./li>
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www.xyproblem.info
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