writing notes has been very useful for getting pass the blocked phase.
I start with a problem statement or definition of what I am trying to do. Then write down the first step or steps. The step must be small, actionable.
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Do you mean, you write the notes as comments into the actual program file? Like a structure? And then fill it in with code?
Yes, sometimes. This would be more if I am writing a new function.
But more generally, anytime I get stuck in a moment of inaction I just write in a text file in notepad, or a mead notebook I bring with me everywhere.
Any tool that is maximally simple that it requires 0 thought.
Ah, I see.