Re:Yak Shaving: A Short Lesson on Staying Focused (2018)
by detaro on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @03:18AM
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Indeed:
> yak shaving - Any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on.
> yak shaving - Any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on.