Stop Shaving. Start Shipping.
A parody product landing page for "Yak Nair" — a fake product that dissolves yak shaving tasks so developers can ship features faster.
"Yak shaving" is a programming term coined by Carlin Vieri at MIT, inspired by an episode of Ren & Stimpy. It refers to the seemingly endless series of small tasks you must complete before you can do the thing you actually set out to do.
Example:
"I just need to add a button..." → but first I need to update the component library → but first I need to upgrade Node → but first I need to install nvm → but first I need to fix my shell config → but first...
Nair is a popular hair removal product. "Yak Nair" is a parody product that removes yak shaving instead of hair — helping developers skip all those prerequisite tasks and get straight to shipping.
- Plain HTML/CSS (no build tools needed)
- Hosted on AWS S3 + CloudFront
- Domains: yaknair.com, yak-nair.com
This is a parody website. Yak Nair is not a real product. Nair® is a registered trademark of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Nair® hair removal products.
Stop shaving. Start shipping.