
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 well-described by the anti-pattern name. We find ourselves dragging along a product or code that is doing little other than slowing us down. Defining the Continuous Obsolescence Anti-Pattern Although it may be bad form, I found a good definition of this anti-pattern on a site covering the anti-pattern much like we are here. [Click Here to See The Page] “A Boat Anchor is a programming anti-pattern that occurs when a part of a system is kept in that system despite it no longer having any use. Generally this... Read more