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📅 March 10, 2022

The Wolf Ticket Anti-Pattern: As In Wearing Sheep’s Clothing

Communication and consistency are key traits of patterns. Likewise, a lack of these creates anti-patterns like the wolf ticket. We all know that standards are helpful and a worthy pursuit. However, there are de facto standards that can cause us…

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📅 March 8, 2022

The Jumble Anti-Pattern : Mixing up horizontal and vertical

One of the funny things about anti-patterns is that they are obvious in the name alone. We might not know what it is but everyone avoids a jumble. There is no technical knowledge required to judge this is not a…

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📅 March 3, 2022

Cover Your Assets Anti-Pattern : Protection Over Production

Overkill is a theme among many anti-patterns. The cover your assets approach is one of those types where it just goes too far. There is nothing wrong with providing a solid paper trail and communication. However, we can make documentation…

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📅 March 1, 2022

The Swiss Army Knife Anti-Pattern – All Things To All People

Much like the make people happy obstacle, we have the Swiss Army Knife Anti-Pattern. This mistake is another example of over-architecting a solution. Think of it as throwing everything into a design instead of thinking through what is needed. However,…

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📅 February 24, 2022

Make Everyone Happy – A Paradoxical Anti-Pattern

One of the most amusing anti-patterns is the one known as “make everyone happy.” The funny thing is that it never does. Instead, it points us to an old bit of wisdom that you end up pleasing no one when…

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📅 February 22, 2022

Architecture By Implication – An Assumption Anti-Pattern

The series switches gears to look at anti-patterns. We start with the mother of all anti-patterns, architecture by implication. Any time we have a pattern that includes assumptions, success is a challenge. Looking ahead, the next several episodes will explore…

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