6 Coding Anti-Patterns to Avoid

A seemingly harmless hack to resolve an issue can quickly set a precedent in your codebase, says Kealan Parr. It can be copied across multiple places and turn into an anti-pattern. 

“Anti-patterns are considered bad software design and are usually ineffective or obscure fixes. They generally also add "technical debt" — which is code you have to come back and fix properly later,” Parr says.

This article outlines six common anti-patterns to understand and avoid, including spaghetti code, dead code, and the dreaded boat anchor.  

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