tldr -- Author is inexplicably surprised how slow retrieving a directory listing of 70,000 files is over ssh. He installs a fast version of UNIX `find` on remo

tldr -- Author is inexplicably surprised how slow retrieving a directory listing of 70,000 files is over ssh. He installs a fast version of UNIX `find` on remote machine, and writes an elisp wrapper around an rpc to it. "Rabbit holes" suggest a circuitous journey towards a deceptively simple goal fraught with red herrings and wrong turns. Author appears to be under illusion that reading a play-by-play of that laborious process is somehow entertaining or rewarding.