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. -- catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/Y/yak-sh...
Also see yakshav.es/the-patron-saint-of-yak...
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yak shaving
Also see yakshav.es/the-patron-saint-of-yak...