# Avoiding Unneeded Work

> The ability to skip computing results that are never used.

Record: `lex:avoiding-unneeded-work`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-avoiding-unneeded-work

## category

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)

## referenced-by

- [Lazy Evaluation](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/lazy-evaluation.md)