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Still waiting for the definitive article on how using the term anti-pattern is an anti-pattern.
by em500 1y ago
Still waiting for the definitive article on how using the term anti-pattern is an anti-pattern.
- readthenotes1 1y agoIf a pattern is a common problem (e.g., becoming accustomed to a spectacular view) and generally-useful solution to that problem (blocking the view so that effort is required to obtain it), then an anti-pattern is what? I think most people think an anti-pattern is an aberration in the "solution" section that creates more problems. So here, the anti-pattern is that people use a term so casually (e.g., DevOps) that no one knows what it's referring to anymore. (The problem: need a way to refer to concept(s) in a pithy way. The solution: make up or reuse an existing word/phrase to incorporate the concept(s) by reference so that it can can, unambiguously, be used as a replacement for the longer description. )
- JadeNB 1y ago> If a pattern is a common problem (e.g., becoming accustomed to a spectacular view) and generally-useful solution to that problem (blocking the view so that effort is required to obtain it), then an anti-pattern is what? Strange choice of example! I'm not sure I agree that your example is a common problem, and I'm even less sure that the proposed solution to it is generally useful.
- readthenotes1 1y agoIt's name is Zen View, and is one of the memorable patterns from Alexander's catalog of design patterns
- JohnHaugeland 1y ago> If a pattern is a common problem it isn't, is the thing. if you read the book design patterns, they spell out what a pattern is. if you read the book anti-patterns, he spells out what an anti-pattern is. people have gotten the wrong idea by learning the phrases from casual usage.
- MaxBarraclough 1y agoPointing to books isn't very helpful here. Please just state the definition you are advocating.
- anotherevan 1y agoWell you do have to be careful, because if patterns and anti-patterns come into contact it could cause an explosive conflagration of regular expressions all over the place.