Q: Small tasks best on the fly? was: Q: All: Account creation latency

[MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop>]

Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> wrote:
> [...] It's well known that small
> task (when they take less than 5 minutes) are usually best done "on the
> fly" instead of accumulating them. [...]

Where is this well known?  I thought opinion was divided.  See
Ganging your mosquito tasks http://www.43folders.com/2006/02/01/ganging-tasks
for example.

I'd like to know whether a DPL candidate is prone to talking out of
their hat, or simply didn't give a reference for something they
thought was obvious. ;-)

Thanks,
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