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📅 June 12, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

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 development. We take a look at it in this…

📅 June 10, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

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 a distributed one. This particular anti-pattern is a facet…

📅 June 7, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 2 minutes read

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 practice. However, not everyone follows a standard entirely or…

📅 June 5, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

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 the architecture. There are almost always going to be…

📅 June 3, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

The Input Kludge AntiPattern

It is hard to think of the word “kludge” and anything other than an anti-pattern. Thus, the input kludge antipattern is an obvious name. This example of how not to code is focused on…

📅 May 31, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 2 minutes read

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…

📅 May 29, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

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…

📅 May 27, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 3 minutes read

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…

📅 May 24, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 4 minutes read

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…

📅 May 22, 2019 Common Anti-Patterns ⏱ 4 minutes read

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…