Problem Solving Techniques

Use When: Stuck, need breakthrough, or evaluating approaches

5 Techniques

techniques[5]{name,when,approach}:
  Simplification Cascades,Complexity spiraling / 5+ attempts failed,Strip to minimal → rebuild
  Collision-Zone Thinking,Innovation blocks / need breakthrough,Combine unrelated concepts
  Meta-Pattern Recognition,Same issue across domains,Find underlying pattern
  Inversion Exercise,Forced into "only way" thinking,Ask "what if opposite?"
  Scale Game,Production readiness unclear,Test at 10x / 100x / 1000x