This is in contrast. “deal with it the first time it comes up” means no repeating inconvenience. “just Google it the first time”.
You appear to be disagreeing with this idea though.
Which approach makes sense depends on the extent to which it will come up again and how much that’s your problem. (And potentially, in the case of Googling things, how good your retention is.)
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This is in contrast. “deal with it the first time it comes up” means no repeating inconvenience. “just Google it the first time”.
You appear to be disagreeing with this idea though.
Which approach makes sense depends on the extent to which it will come up again and how much that’s your problem. (And potentially, in the case of Googling things, how good your retention is.)