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'''bikeshedding''' | '''bikeshedding''' | ||
* Futile investment of time and energy in discussion of marginal technical issues. | *Futile investment of time and energy in discussion of marginal technical issues. | ||
* [https://fs.blog/bikeshed-effect/ <nowiki>[more]</nowiki>] | *[https://fs.blog/bikeshed-effect/ <nowiki>[more]</nowiki>] | ||
'''dogfooding''' | '''dogfooding''' | ||
* | *The practice of using one's own products or services to help find bugs. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food <nowiki>[more]</nowiki>] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food <nowiki>[more]</nowiki>] | ||
'''toast''' | '''toast''' | ||
* | *A unit of distance exactly equal to one toast. | ||
'''yak shaving''' | '''yak shaving''' | ||
* Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing you to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows you to solve a larger problem. | *Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing you to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows you to solve a larger problem. | ||
* A less useful activity done consciously or subconsciously to procrastinate about a larger but more useful task. | *A less useful activity done consciously or subconsciously to procrastinate about a larger but more useful task. | ||
* [https://seths.blog/2005/03/dont_shave_that/ <nowiki>[more]</nowiki>] | *[https://seths.blog/2005/03/dont_shave_that/ <nowiki>[more]</nowiki>] | ||
Revision as of 23:24, 29 October 2021
bikeshedding
- Futile investment of time and energy in discussion of marginal technical issues.
- [more]
dogfooding
- The practice of using one's own products or services to help find bugs.
- [more]
toast
- A unit of distance exactly equal to one toast.
yak shaving
- Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing you to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows you to solve a larger problem.
- A less useful activity done consciously or subconsciously to procrastinate about a larger but more useful task.
- [more]