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📅 May 31, 2019

The Ambiguous Viewpoint AntiPattern

The ambiguous viewpoint anti-pattern is one that goes to the heart of object-oriented design. We want to abstract and isolate functionality in a way that follows a pattern of logic. This goal is often achieved, in part, through segmenting functionality…

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📅 May 29, 2019

Walking Through a Minefield AntiPattern

Velocity is an important part of modern software development. However, there is also that adage that “speed kills.” Therefore, we need to strike a balance to avoid the “walking through a minefield’ antipattern. We have to avoid throwing away quality…

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📅 May 27, 2019

The Dead End AntiPattern – The Name Says It All

Over the years, we have built tiny up to large systems that provide a launching point for other applications. These solutions are built on the hard work and ingenuity of those that went before us. Therefore, we want to take…

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📅 May 24, 2019

The Copy Paste AntiPattern – An Easy Trap To Fall Into

We all do it. There is a chunk of code that almost does what we need. So, we copy and paste it where we want it then make some modifications. When we do this in our systems instead of proper…

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📅 May 22, 2019

The Lava Flow Pattern – After The Code Cools Down

While lava is hot and deadly early on, it becomes hard to move once it cools down. The is the thinking behind the name for the lava flow pattern. This anti-pattern is one that occurs for more often than one…

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📅 May 20, 2019

The Poltergeist Anti-Pattern – When Design Goes Bad

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 we have a bunch of infrastructure code that…

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