Some days are great on @StackOverflow
People ask questions, maybe we discuss them clarifying some points, they illustrate what they& #39;re trying to do, and we as a community can help them out.

Most importantly - they find a solution.

Today was not one of those days.

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Someone posted a vague question, with completely irrelevant code. When I asked them to clarify, they insisted I understood the problem. When I asked for an example, intents, anything - they doubled down and said they provided all they could, and I could solve it.

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I usually try to give every benefit of the doubt to people asking questions. Not everyone can code, or knows where to start, or has a good idea what they really need to do.

I try to get them to express that on SO.

But I can& #39;t work with nothing.

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And I still feel like I& #39;ve failed this person. And the Voice community.

Instead of someone learning how to create dialog and then implement it... they& #39;re left with no answers at all.

We& #39;re left with one fewer developer to build great things.

We are all left poorer for this.