Field Guide to Developer Behavior

rubber-duck rage-quit

verb

/ˈrʌbər dʌk ˈreɪdʒ kwɪt/


1

To abandon an explanation to your rubber duck (or a coworker) mid-sentence because saying the bug out loud made the fix obvious, and now you’re too annoyed at yourself to finish talking.

“I was two sentences into explaining the null check to Dave when I rubber-duck rage-quit and just fixed it.”