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This is a popular anti-pattern with a name - Yak Shaving: https://medium.com/@firehoseproject/a-guide-to-yak-shaving-your-code-d30f98dc759 https://medium.com/@f

• mikestew 9y ago
  You are confused. This is a popular pattern that prevents shaving hairy bovids.
• viraptor 9y ago
  That's not yak shaving. Yak shaving is trying to fix issue A and running into issue B. So you try to fix issue B and run into issue C, etc. This post is about engineering a future-proof solution rather than fixing bugs.