[AbrahamParangi]

Definitely frustrating for everyone following as well, since answering the question assuming it's an XY problem is only useful to subsequent readers who are trying to solve the same problem and doing it wrong in the same way.

It is not helpful to people who are trying to solve a different problem correctly, who would like an answer to the exact question that the original poster asked, nor is it useful to people who are trying to solve the same problem but in a different, also wrong way - as they will likely never see the post.