This post is a supplement to the [Help Center Article](http://programmers.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask) of the same name. That article, in a nutshell, describes questions that are either too broad, too opinionated, or too discussion-oriented to make good questions. This article describes the *specific categories of questions* that you should avoid asking. Where can you ask them instead? Try [The Whiteboard](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/21/the-whiteboard), if you have 20 reputation or more. ###Coding help If you need help writing or troubleshooting code (or using the tools), ask your question on Stack Overflow, not here. Read ["What topics can I ask about"](http://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic) before you ask your question there. ###Review my design We don't review entire software designs; that's a *discussion,* not a question. If you have a *specific question* about your software design, ask that. ###Name that thing Questions that ask "Is there a name for this thing" are just requests for Google help, which we don't provide here. ###Which way is best? *The way that best satisfies your software's requirements.* Because *you* already understand the detailed specifications for your software project, *you* are in the best position to answer the question "Which way best meets my functional and non-functional software requirements?" If you can clearly define what "best" means to you specifically without simply restating "best," then your question might be suitable for asking here. Otherwise, you're just [trotting after a herd](http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/142354/102937). ###Convince my boss/coworker We're not here to help you win your argument. ###Customer service If you have a question about how a company or organization's product is licensed, priced, serviced, released, etc., *ask the company.* ###Where do I find...? We don't help people find things here. We don't know where you can find that highly obscure paper/product/whatever. You have access to the same tool we do, which is Google. ###What do you recommend? We don't make product, service or technology recommendations of any kind. Try [here](http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic) or [here](http://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic), but *read their Help Center first.* ###What should I learn? We don't know that. We can't predict the future, and your personal circumstances are too specific to make a good question that can benefit everyone.