Rob Broadhead

June 17, 2019June 8, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns

The Grand Old Duke of York Anti-Pattern

The skills of writing code and abstracting functionality are not the same. This fact is why the Grand old Duke of York is an anti-pattern. ... Read more

June 14, 2019June 8, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns

Design By Committee – A More is Less Anti-pattern

There is an old saw about too many cooks spoiling the broth. This statement roughly describes the design by committee anti-pattern. While two heads may... Read more

June 12, 2019June 3, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns

The Warm Bodies AntiPattern – Not a Cool Situation

We all know that more is always better except when it is not. The challenge of quality and quantity is a common anti-pattern for software... Read more

June 10, 2019May 31, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns

Autogenerated Stovepipe – An Anti-Pattern

In an effort to re-use our previous work, we can over-simplify a solution. One such situation is when we grow from a stand-alone system to... Read more

June 7, 2019May 30, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns

Wolf Ticket AntiPattern – Not What It Seems

We often look at vendors and standards for a way to improve productivity. There is nothing wrong with this and it even is a best... Read more

June 5, 2019May 25, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns

Defining The Jumble AntiPattern

In this episode, we tackle a higher form of the Spaghetti Code Anti-Pattern. While that is a code-level issue, the jumble antipattern shows up in... Read more