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Author: Rob Broadhead
Rob is a founder of, and frequent contributor to, Develpreneur. This includes the Building Better Developers podcast. He is also a lifetime learner as a developer, designer, and manager of software solutions. Rob is the founder of RB Consulting and has managed to author a book about his family experiences and a few about becoming a better developer.
In his free time, he stays busy raising five children (although they have grown into adults). When he has a chance to breathe, he is on the ice playing hockey to relax or working on his ballroom dance skills.
Best practices are like everything else. There are times to ignore or break the rules. The anti-pattern we cover in this episode results from not doing so. The poltergeist anti-pattern occurs when…
The Boat Anchor Anti-Pattern
Sometimes ideas that are good at one time become horrible later on. This is one of many ways to get stuck in the boat anchor anti-pattern. It is a situation that is…
The Continuous Obsolescence Anti-Pattern
As hard it is to spell the Continuous Obsolescence anti-pattern is easy to fall into. The lure of shiny new versions of products often leads us into this trap. We want to…
Spaghetti Code Anti-Pattern
The spaghetti code anti-pattern is one that has become less prevalent in applications. However, we can still see some excellent examples in the world of scripting and other less structured code. This…
The Golden Hammer Anti-Pattern
The next anti-pattern we look at is the golden hammer. It is another situation that seems to come up often. Thus, it is one we need to keep an eye out for…
The Blob Anti-Pattern
We will kick off the new season with a look at the Blob anti-pattern. This is one that is common and easy to fall into. The tendency to kick design decisions down…