From a comment: > These methods can be combined. First generalize the problem, m...

		Sharlin 33 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Every mathematician has only a few tricks (2020) From a comment: > These methods can be combined. First generalize the problem, making it more complicated. Then simplify along a different axis. – Stig Hemmer Very relevant to software design too.

I feel like our minds work a bit like this.