How to shave a yak
summary
Explains that yak shaving is literal and metaphorical: use an undercoat rake to separate soft down from coarse guard hair, record each animal by farm code name and ID year and track sire and dam so lineage explains behavior, and treat tasks like fiber — brush only enough to unblock rather than build perfect systems. When systems are irrecoverable, shaving means a destructive reset — extreme refactoring — and observability and capacity planning help decide whether to brush or burn.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 0:50Don't shave yako!
- 1:05Sophia Weiss
- 1:20JF Karkata B136
- 2:20Context
- 2:35Down fiber
- 3:05DON'T SHAVE YAKS!
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