This is an approach that many are known to use - for example, in the autobiography &quot;Surely you must be joking, Mr. Feynman!&quot;, Feynman notes that he keeps about a dozen problems in the back of his head, and sometimes he&#x27;ll get a flash of inspiration on one &amp; solve it, or come back to it and investigate further &amp; make more progress.<p>This approach transcends disciplines I&#x27;ve found, although I&#x27;ve rarely had to apply it to coding.