It's quite funny, the number of replies in this thread saying: "No, I really do need Y because I'm special!"
Just remember where you are. The XY problem is a far larger problem in a far larger population than HN.
Just remember where you are. The XY problem is a far larger problem in a far larger population than HN.
For most questions of the nature each extreme is normally a horrible way to approach it. Something like "You can do it via <method> but there might be a cleaner way to do things depending on what you are trying to accomplish in the end" such as the examples in the page goes miles ahead in being helpful and reduces the overall amount of back-and-forth. This doesn't get a fancy label to reference and articles written about it though as that's just known as a "conversation".