A developer pattern I have noticed: the Crystalizing Name.
You're designing something that's kind of complicated, and you know there's a thing that does a thing, but you don't yet know what it *is*, and therefore you don't yet have a name for it.
You stall, and let the mixture bubble on the back burner. Then, *boom*, you got the name, and the whole concept gels seemingly instantly.
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