I was thinking of set-it-and-forget-it backup systems as the antipattern, as opposed to e.g. designs that regularly force the "backup" system into active use un

I was thinking of set-it-and-forget-it backup systems as the antipattern, as opposed to e.g. designs that regularly force the "backup" system into active use under controlled circumstances. The battery connector represents sort of a backup of the backup though, so it may not be a good example of what I was thinking of.