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  • noun Plural form of anti-pattern.

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  • “A sandbox for collecting search examples, patterns, and anti-patterns.”

    Search Patterns: A New Book by Peter Morville and Jeffery Callendar « ResourceShelf 2010

  • Unfortunately, this remarkable book is tarnished by some frivolous names chosen for its list of "refactoring smells" (anti-patterns).

    Better Names for Martin Fowler's "Refactoring Smells" Jonathan Aquino 2007

  • Unfortunately, this remarkable book is tarnished by some frivolous names chosen for its list of "refactoring smells" (anti-patterns).

    Archive 2007-01-01 Jonathan Aquino 2007

  • With as much conversation as he community has had about “import addressbook” features as anti-patterns, you would think they would be moving away from them.

    My OpenID Shitlist, Hitlist and Wishlist for 2008 | FactoryCity 2007

  • But the attempt to formulate one -- if done in with a modicum of humility, and eschewing "believe my theory or die!" anti-patterns -- is not necessarily fruitless.

    THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART TWO Hal Duncan 2007

  • Because I've worked across so many products and technologies, I've had the chance to see what success patterns, as well as anti-patterns, show up time and again.

    Site Home JD Meier 2011

  • Here is the list of the most common bad practices or even anti-patterns I have seen:

    Site Home XmlTeam 2011

  • Of course there are exceptions to the generalization (for example, some individuals have a wide variety of just the right skills), and of course their are success patterns (and anti-patterns) for building highly effective teams of capabilities, and effectively pairing people up in ways that are empowering, and catalyzing.

    Site Home JD Meier 2011

  • He covers some of the patterns, and anti-patterns, tool sets, and strategies that he himself learned the hard way.

    Hottest News Articles 2010

  • He covers some of the patterns, and anti-patterns, tool sets, and strategies that he himself learned the hard way.

    TheServerSide.com: News Jack Vaughan@nospam.com 2010

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