This is a classic management situation. What can you do? There are only a handful of choices: 1. Look at it myself. If I were more of a programmer, I could have jumped in. The bet would be I could see something that they didn't. That's a big bet, though, and possibly seen as a lack of trust. 2. Ask another programmer to look. This is the same as the first option through delegation. 3. Change something. Making the project simpler might help. I could sharpen the goal, ask better questions, or simplify the scenario. I asked Adams if he saw a way, but he didn't. The smallest useful goal was the
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