Bikeshedding - who knew that was a thing

[C40_guy]

And interestingly, it's not the same as thinning the herd.

Here ya go (https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Parkinsons-law-of-triviality-bikeshedding)...

[sw3759]

I imagine most in our group would not define the materials for a bicycle storage shed as a relatively unimportant detail :)

[efixler]

Related: Yak Shaving.

These are excellent two terms for different sorts of futility that have been common around coders for a good long time now.

[C40_guy]

I imagine most in our group would not define the materials for a bicycle storage shed as a relatively unimportant detail :)

Hence my confusion after finding the definition! :)

[benb]

I'm a software engineer.. I started hearing this term at work in the last year.

Small companies are good at building stuff.. Big companies are better at bike shedding. They seem to collect and concentrate the power of bike shedders.

[smontanaro]

And interestingly, it's not the same as thinning the herd.

Here ya go (https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Parkinsons-law-of-triviality-bikeshedding)...

I've been active in the Python programming language community for many years. That's where I learned the term.

[Lewis Moon]

I'm going to use that...

[Elefantino]

Bikeshedding ... I expect we'll start to hear that right along with all the other business buzzwords that drive me crazy.

Full disclosure: When I'm in my bike room, I bikeshed a lot.