Many years ago I spotted a related anti-pattern, and explained it to people this way: "Yes, you don't have to be a programmer to customize this system. But yo

Many years ago I spotted a related anti-pattern, and explained it to people this way: "Yes, you don't have to be a programmer to customize this system. But you do have to be a rocket scientist. Just programming would be easier." Usually just writing the code as a "one off" is far simpler, more maintainable than soft coding everything.