# Yak shaving

> term for an apparently useless activity which allows one to solve a larger problem

**Wikidata**: [Q16911347](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16911347)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yak_shaving)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/yak-shaving


## References

1. [Source](https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/yak-shaving)
2. [Source](https://projects.csail.mit.edu/gsb/old-archive/gsb-archive/gsb2000-02-11.html)
3. [Source](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/388092/what-exactly-is-yak-shaving)