I find it slightly ironic that an article about the evils of "Myths Lists" uses the "X is an antipattern" form. Calling something an antipattern by saying that

I find it slightly ironic that an article about the evils of "Myths Lists" uses the "X is an antipattern" form. Calling something an antipattern by saying that it is bad is just a "myth list" comprising one entry :-) The original meaning of antipattern is more than a common practice that's a bad idea. It's something that appears to be very good in a certain situation, but is actually bad. In order to document it as an antipattern, you have to describe why people think it is a good idea in the context in which they use it. Then you have to explain why those good ideas don't work out. This article fails to do this, IMHO. It's just a rant about something the author doesn't like (exactly the same as this post ;-) ).