Same here: I've been working on a couple of projects by myself for the most part of last year, and when even the duck failed, I could usually figure out an answer just by trying to find the words to post my problem in SO in a way somebody would take the time to read it and be able to answer it. I don't recommend it as a first approach, though, since it's quite time consuming (Or maybe I should blame it on not being a native speaker...)