"Design Patterns You'll Avoid"
(SpamAssassin flagged it as spam, but Thunderbird missed it on the way in, d'oh. Turned out to be a penny-stock spam. Context for the non-programmers: Design Patterns refers to a semi-"standardized" set of solutions to commonly recurring problems in object-oriented programming. A similar term is "anti-patterns," referring to commonly used, but bad, solutions to commonly recurring problems. Many people really like design patterns -- industry especially loves them because they're something concrete you can quiz hiring candidates over, though being able to answer questions about patterns doesn't necessarily mean an interviewee can actually use those patterns successfully -- but many others think they are overhyped and that their supporters are cultish. And now you know. Don't you feel better?)
(SpamAssassin flagged it as spam, but Thunderbird missed it on the way in, d'oh. Turned out to be a penny-stock spam. Context for the non-programmers: Design Patterns refers to a semi-"standardized" set of solutions to commonly recurring problems in object-oriented programming. A similar term is "anti-patterns," referring to commonly used, but bad, solutions to commonly recurring problems. Many people really like design patterns -- industry especially loves them because they're something concrete you can quiz hiring candidates over, though being able to answer questions about patterns doesn't necessarily mean an interviewee can actually use those patterns successfully -- but many others think they are overhyped and that their supporters are cultish. And now you know. Don't you feel better?)