I don't think yak shaving is the same as planning ahead.
Instead, yak shaving is about putting in a bit of effort now to 'do things right' rather than quickly work around some issue.
The difference being that in planning ahead, the 'right long term thing to do' is hard to figure out. Whereas with yak-shaving, the 'right long term thing to do' is quite obvious, but the question is whether it is worth it.
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I don't think yak shaving is the same as planning ahead. Instead, yak shaving is about putting in a bit of effort now to 'do things right' rather than quickly work around some issue.
The difference being that in planning ahead, the 'right long term thing to do' is hard to figure out. Whereas with yak-shaving, the 'right long term thing to do' is quite obvious, but the question is whether it is worth it.