Yak Shaving
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ELI5 — The Vibe Check
You want to fix a bug. The bug requires running the test suite. The test suite needs a Docker container. The Dockerfile is outdated. You update it, which needs a newer base image. The new image has a different user setup. Two hours later you're configuring /etc/passwd to fix a one-line bug. That entire rabbit hole is yak shaving.
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