Yes, participating in it, it kinda felt like that!
I remember in at least 1 document, people actually came up with the meta-strategy that you mention at the end and wrote it out in the doc!
Personally, I felt that beyond just organizing the information, it was helpful if the steps to solving the problem were broken down into self-contained problems, each of which doesn’t need understanding of the full problem. This wasn’t always possible (e.g. understanding where a bug is often requires understanding both the problem and implementation), but when it happened I think it really helped with progress.
Yes, participating in it, it kinda felt like that!
I remember in at least 1 document, people actually came up with the meta-strategy that you mention at the end and wrote it out in the doc!
Personally, I felt that beyond just organizing the information, it was helpful if the steps to solving the problem were broken down into self-contained problems, each of which doesn’t need understanding of the full problem. This wasn’t always possible (e.g. understanding where a bug is often requires understanding both the problem and implementation), but when it happened I think it really helped with progress.