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The list of anti-patterns is good when you don't want to argue with a colleague, you can just send him the link. There are no hard-set rules in higher level sof
by Arwill 12y ago
The list of anti-patterns is good when you don't want to argue with a colleague, you can just send him the link. There are no hard-set rules in higher level software design, the compiler will not normally warn you of these issue. Having the potential pitfalls nicely documented is useful.
And this list in particular might be useful when you don't want to hurt the feelings of a colleague, when you want to point out their lack of productivity. If you pass them this list, they might discover some similarity to themselves. And the source is a third person (the blogs author), so its an impartial source.
- normloman 12y agoIf you had beef with me, and instead of saying it to my face, you sent me some dumb list, as if it was indisputable proof that you were right, I'd hate hate hate you. Don't ever do this.
- hyperpape 12y agoI think if you send someone that list as a suggestion, your likely results range from nothing to simmering resentment.
- Retra 12y agoI would just call these archetypes, not anti-patterns. Anti-pattern is a fairly specific domain of poor decision-making. Real people aren't like this, and these aren't problem solving methods, just kind of unhelpful behaviors. There's nothing wrong with them in certain contexts, and the author doesn't say when or where they work. It's just kind of "look at this list of extremes I want to make fun of." I had fun reading it. I could relate to some of that stuff. But I just don't see it as the 'doing better' that the author is trying to advocate. Which kind of makes it a greater contribution to confusion and noise than to reliable progress. You could just accuse any thought you don't agree with to be a manifestation one of these archetypes and then you're back at square one, aren't you? Bottom line: you'll always need to think. The fact that the author has to say "we're all a little of all of this" is a big clue that maybe it isn't any more useful than astrology. Hence my comparison.