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Solution to a problem that may be commonly used but is generally a bad choice
An anti-pattern is any common but counterproductive solution to some class of problem. The term, coined in 1995 by Andrew Koenig, was inspired by the book
Anti-pattern
Anti-patterns are commonly used ways of doing software engineering that are not useful or cause more issues than they solve. See design patterns for the
List of software anti-patterns
List_of_software_anti-patterns
AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, Architectures, and Projects in Crisis is a book about anti-patterns: specific repeated practices in software architecture
AntiPatterns
Cloud computing model
reduced observability. These anti-patterns are associated with the formation of a distributed monolith. These anti-patterns are often addressed through
Serverless_computing
Design pattern in object-oriented software development
In object-oriented programming, the singleton pattern is a software design pattern that restricts the instantiation of a class to a singular instance.
Singleton_pattern
Category of cloud computing services
is a subset of the serverless computing ecosystem. The "Grain of Sand Anti-pattern" refers to the creation of excessively small components (e.g., functions)
Function_as_a_service
Reusable solution template to a commonly-needed software behavior
patterns. Abstraction principle Algorithmic skeleton Anti-pattern Architectural pattern Canonical protocol pattern Debugging patterns Design pattern Distributed
Software_design_pattern
Deceptive user interface designs
A dark pattern (also known as a "deceptive design pattern") is a user interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such
Dark_pattern
Design pattern in software development
more complex way of connecting objects. Critics of the pattern argue that it is an anti-pattern which obscures dependencies and makes software harder to
Service_locator_pattern
Profession in software engineering
domains. The following architectural anti-patterns can arise when architects make decisions. These anti-patterns often follow a progressive sequence,
Software_architect
High level structures of a software system
Architecture. The following architectural anti-patterns can arise when architects make decisions. These anti-patterns often follow a progressive sequence,
Software_architecture
Re-usable form of a solution to a design problem
Pedagogical patterns, in teaching Pattern gardening, in gardening Business models also have design patterns. See Business model § Examples. Anti-pattern Dark
Design_pattern
Misusing databases for temporary messages
In computer programming, Database-as-IPC may be considered an anti-pattern where a disk persisted table in a database is used as the message queue store
Database-as-IPC
Programming anti-pattern
The anemic domain model is described as a programming anti-pattern where the domain objects contain little or no business logic like validations, calculations
Anemic_domain_model
Tendency of software architects to replicate their development platform
inefficient and such systems are often considered to be examples of an anti-pattern. Examples are visible in plugin-based software such as some text editors
Inner-platform_effect
Design issue in object-oriented programming
requires its methods to be called in a particular sequence. This may be an anti-pattern, depending on context. Methods whose name starts with Init, Begin, Start
Sequential_coupling
United States Army pattern (2005–2019)
The Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP) is a digital camouflage pattern formerly used by the United States Army in their Army Combat Uniform. Laboratory
Universal_Camouflage_Pattern
Bypass of a recognized problem or limitation in a system
computer programming workarounds are often used to address a problem or anti-pattern in a library, such as an incorrect return value. When the library is
Workaround
Large or very powerful object in programming
methods, or some combination of both. The god object is an example of an anti-pattern and a code smell. A common programming technique is to separate a large
God_object
Collection of loosely coupled services used to build computer applications
software engineering, a microservice architecture is an architectural pattern that organizes an application into a collection of loosely coupled, fine-grained
Microservices
Inappropriate short-lived object
invoke methods in another, more permanent class. It is considered an anti-pattern. The original definition is by Michael Akroyd at the 1996 Object World
Poltergeist (computer programming)
Poltergeist_(computer_programming)
Software design pattern
it is hard to get right. Some consider it to be an anti-pattern. There are valid forms of the pattern, including the use of the volatile keyword in Java
Double-checked_locking
Anti-pattern in object-oriented programming
Call super is a code smell or anti-pattern of some object-oriented programming languages. Call super is a design pattern in which a particular class stipulates
Call_super
Software design pattern
specialists[who?] in this field who consider balking more of an anti-pattern than a design pattern. If an object cannot support its API, it should either limit
Balking_pattern
Overthinking causes
appear at every decision point. Analysis paralysis is an example of an anti-pattern. Agile software development methodologies explicitly seek to prevent
Analysis_paralysis
Input which activates otherwise hidden functionality
their involvement in a project. Common issues that might lead to this anti-pattern as a result: Null != null or any variation where a data type doesn't
Magic_string
Verification that software meets requirements
before it runs. For example: Code conventions verification Bad practices (anti-pattern) detection Software metrics calculation Formal verification Verification
Software_verification
Issue of incomplete software being deployed
In computer programming jargon, lava flow is an anti-pattern that occurs when computer source code written under sub-optimal conditions is deployed into
Lava_flow_(programming)
Putting data in the source code of a program
program. Hard coding is often required, but can also be considered an anti-pattern. Programmers may not have a dynamic user interface solution for the end
Hard_coding
Common anti-pattern in graphical user interfaces
The magic pushbutton is a common anti-pattern in graphical user interfaces. At its core, the anti-pattern consists of a system partitioned into two parts:
Magic_pushbutton
Software development pattern
Breaker is a design pattern commonly used in software development to improve system resilience and fault tolerance. Circuit breaker pattern can prevent cascading
Circuit breaker design pattern
Circuit_breaker_design_pattern
Numeric value with an unclear meaning
special meaning that is less than clear in context. This is considered an anti-pattern and breaks one of the oldest rules of programming, dating back to the
Magic_number_(programming)
Software-development approach where design is perfected before implementation
front (BMUF) and big requirements up front (BRUF). These are viewed as anti-patterns within agile software development. Proponents of the waterfall model
Big_design_up_front
Over-reliance on a familiar tool
was introduced into information technology literature in 1998 as an anti-pattern: a programming practice to be avoided. Software developer José M. Gilgado
Law_of_the_instrument
Idiomatic expression, meaning to waste effort on something that has already been achieved
up with a worse result than the standard (a square wheel). This is an anti-pattern which occurs when the engineer is unaware or contemptuous of the standard
Reinventing_the_wheel
Anti-pattern
Action at a distance is an anti-pattern in computer science in which behavior in one part of a program varies wildly based on difficult or impossible to
Action at a distance (computer programming)
Action_at_a_distance_(computer_programming)
Anti magnetic mine coating for German tanks, WW2
between the magnet and the armor even further, as the high points on the pattern increase the effective thickness of the coating while minimising additional
Zimmerit
Software project management principle
way of circumventing Brooks's law. Death march (project management) Anti-pattern Linus's law List of eponymous laws List of software development philosophies
Brooks's_law
Antialiasing technique
and then finds specific patterns in these. Anti-aliasing is achieved by blending pixels in these borders, according to the pattern they belong to and their
Morphological_antialiasing
Project management and software design pitfall in second major iterations
portal Anti-pattern Feature creep Inner-platform effect Osborne effect Sophomore slump Unix philosophy Big ball of mud Strangler fig pattern Brooks,
Second-system_effect
Anti-pattern in software development
Shotgun surgery is an anti-pattern in software development which occurs when a developer adds features to an application codebase which span a multiplicity
Shotgun_surgery
Autoantibody that binds to contents of the cell nucleus
such as anti-Ro antibodies, anti-La antibodies, anti-Sm antibodies, anti-nRNP antibodies, anti-Scl-70 antibodies, anti-dsDNA antibodies, anti-histone
Antinuclear_antibody
Software source code with poor structure
software development processes. Spaghetti code can also describe an anti-pattern in which object-oriented code is written in a procedural style,[dubious
Spaghetti_code
Software creational design pattern
The object pool pattern is a software creational design pattern that uses a set of initialized objects kept ready to use – a "pool" – rather than allocating
Object_pool_pattern
For these reasons, constant interfaces may be considered an anti-pattern. Use of this pattern has a few other downsides:[original research?] It pollutes
Constant_interface
Characteristic of source code that hints at a quality problem
responsibility is assigned in a more clean-cut way.[self-published source] Anti-pattern – Solution to a problem that may be commonly used but is generally a
Code_smell
Cost of maintaining a low quality system
reduce the cost of future rework, challenging current debt assumptions. Anti-pattern – Solution to a problem that may be commonly used but is generally a
Technical_debt
1975 software engineering book by Fred Brooks
software at all, but simply to buy it "off the shelf" when possible. Anti-pattern Code refactoring Conway's law Hofstadter's law Linus's law, the assertion
The_Mythical_Man-Month
Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
the guise of anti-Zionism, follow the same ancient pattern of marginalization and vilification. This is the permission structure for anti-Semitism: claim
Antisemitism
Continuously checking a condition in computing
explicitly checks a real-time clock. In most cases, spinning is considered an anti-pattern and should be avoided, as processor time that could be used to execute
Busy_waiting
1980s military camouflage pattern
U.S. Woodland was the former standard issue camouflage pattern of the United States Armed Forces from 1981 to 2012 in the cut of the Battle Dress Uniform
U.S._Woodland
Software development process
engineering, tester-driven development, or bug-driven development, is an anti-pattern where the requirements are determined by bug reports or test results
Tester-driven_development
Camouflage pattern used in British and some Commonwealth militaries
Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM) is the commonly used name of a camouflage pattern used by the British Armed Forces as well as many other armed forces
Disruptive_Pattern_Material
This is a list of military clothing camouflage patterns used for battledress. Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by armed forces to protect personnel
List of military clothing camouflage patterns
List_of_military_clothing_camouflage_patterns
Soviet anti-tank rifle
sistemy Simonova, lit. 'Anti-tank-self-loading gun pattern 1941, Simonov system') is a World War II-era semi-automatic anti-tank rifle firing the 14
PTRS-41
Problematic interdependence of software modules
circular dependencies between larger software modules are considered an anti-pattern because of their negative effects. Despite this, such circular (or cyclic)
Circular_dependency
Computer programming anti-pattern
In computer programming, abstraction inversion is an anti-pattern arising when users of a construct need functions implemented within it but not exposed
Abstraction_inversion
Management attitude for innovation or development
and communicating less with key information sources outside the group. Anti-pattern Appeal to spite Association fallacy De facto standard Dogfooding Editor
Not_invented_here
American progressive metalcore band
Burial began playing two new songs called "A Wolf Amongst Ravens" and "Anti-Pattern" from their yet to be released album. On November 5, 2013, Sumerian Records
After_the_Burial
Isolated IT system
— DOE 1999 A stovepipe system is generally considered an example of an anti-pattern, particularly found in legacy systems. This is due to the lack of code
Stovepipe_system
Metaphor for outdated equipment
codebase, typically in case it is needed later. This is an example of an anti-pattern and therefore can cause many problems for people attempting to maintain
Boat_anchor_(metaphor)
Type of spatial anti-aliasing
Multisample anti-aliasing (MSAA) is a type of spatial anti-aliasing, a technique used in computer graphics to remove jaggies. It is an optimization of
Multisample_anti-aliasing
Failing to report details of an error
software. Handling errors in this manner is considered bad practice and an anti-pattern in computer programming. In languages with exception handling support
Error_hiding
Set of actions that harm or lack consideration for the well-being of others
Classification of Diseases as dissocial personality disorder. A pattern of persistent anti-social behaviours can also be present in children and adolescents
Anti-social_behaviour
Programming paradigm based on objects
Builder pattern, Prototype pattern Structural patterns (7): Adapter pattern, Bridge pattern, Composite pattern, Decorator pattern, Facade pattern, Flyweight
Object-oriented_programming
British and Commonwealth military equipment
1937 pattern web equipment (also known as '37 webbing'), officially known as "Equipment, Web 1937" and "Pattern 1937 Equipment" was the British military
1937_pattern_web_equipment
Active antennas that are designed to resist radio jamming
conditions. "Anti-jam technology: Demystifying the CRPA". GPS World. 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2024-03-21. "What are CPRA or Controlled Reception Pattern Antennas
Controlled reception pattern antenna
Controlled_reception_pattern_antenna
Software architecture model
payloads to meet the specific needs of event consumers. The "Timeout AntiPattern," coined by Mark Richards, describes the challenges of setting timeout
Event-driven_architecture
Computer programmer and creator of Clojure
original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023. Richards, Mark. Microservices AntiPatterns and Pitfalls. O'Reilly. Transcripts of talks Recorded talks
Rich_Hickey
Explosive device utilizing a tube of long welded metal cylinders
fragmentation pattern, thus when exploding it spreads into a large circle cutting through the target. It is used in anti-aircraft and anti-missile missiles
Continuous-rod_warhead
Naval gun
carried Pattern 1892 guns. During its career the role of the guns evolved from one of anti-torpedo boat defense to coastal artillery and anti-aircraft
75_mm_50_caliber_Pattern_1892
Symptom of over-complex software design
In software development, the yo-yo problem is an anti-pattern that occurs when a programmer has to read and understand a program whose inheritance graph
Yo-yo_problem
Anti-aircraft guns are weapons designed to attack aircraft. Such weapons commonly have a high rate of fire and are able to fire shells designed to damage
List_of_anti-aircraft_guns
Allowing excessive access to object data
unrestricted access to their internals. This is a common failure (or anti-pattern) in object-oriented design or object-oriented programming, and it can
Object_orgy
Repeated fragment of computer source code
clone detection. Locality-sensitive hashing Anti-unification Abstraction principle (programming) Anti-pattern – Solution to a problem that may be commonly
Duplicate_code
Spatial anti-aliasing method
Supersampling or supersampling anti-aliasing (SSAA) is a spatial anti-aliasing method, i.e. a method used to remove aliasing (jagged and pixelated edges
Supersampling
Anti-vaccine activism, which collectively constitutes the "anti-vax" or "anti-vaxx" movement, is a set of organized activities expressing opposition to
Anti-vaccine_activism
Forever). This last behavior is an example of a software development anti-pattern.[citation needed] Continuous obsolescence may also be intentional, for
Continuous_obsolescence
design (VDD) Software review Software quality assurance Anti-pattern Coding conventions Design pattern Programming paradigm Software development methodology
List of software development philosophies
List_of_software_development_philosophies
Camouflage pattern
MultiCam is a camouflage pattern designed for use in a wide range of environments and conditions which was developed and is produced by American company
MultiCam
Pattern of symbols incorporated into a number of banknote designs
Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia use (or have used) a different pattern of five rings for the anti-photocopy feature. In December 2025, settlement cheques were
EURion_constellation
American YouTuber (born 2000)
predetermined ideological narratives. Critics have identified a recurring pattern across his videos featuring immigrant, minority, and insular religious
Tyler_Oliveira
Project management issue
since it can reduce the risk of scope creep causing project cancelation. Anti-pattern Cost overrun Scope (project management) Planning poker Escalation of
Scope_creep
Discrimination against Islam or Muslims
averaging 159 per since. Among those offenses are anti-Islamic arson incidents which have a similar pattern: arson incidents averaged 0.4 per year pre-2001
Islamophobia
Technique used to increase the number of structures a microchip may contain
Multiple patterning (or multi-patterning) is a class of technologies for manufacturing integrated circuits (ICs), developed for photolithography to enhance
Multiple_patterning
TV test pattern, used to be widely used in European (PAL) countries
The Philips circle pattern (also referred to as the Philips pattern or PTV Circle pattern) refers to a family of related electronically generated complex
Philips_circle_pattern
Techniques used by computers to manage components with limited availability
resources must be acquired, which is considered an anti-pattern by some – the Arrow Anti Pattern, due to the triangular shape from the successive nesting
Resource management (computing)
Resource_management_(computing)
Concept in software development
any surprises pop up"). This practice has been identified as a common anti-pattern in interactive design. Technology writer Shelley Powers also notes that
Mystery_meat_navigation
Physical and science fiction concept
Anti-gravity is the concept of a force that would exactly oppose the force of gravity. Under the known laws of physics, anti-gravity is not possible. Experimental
Anti-gravity
In programming, a special method executed during object destruction
in destructors are not usually appropriate for finalizers. A common anti-pattern is to write finalizers as if they were destructors, which is both unnecessary
Finalizer
Naval weapon type for launching small depth charges against submarines
torpedoes with anti-submarine mortars. The most common is the RBU-6000, which fires twelve 160-pound (73 kg) projectiles in a horseshoe pattern up to 6,500
Anti-submarine_rocket
Correlative pattern in source code
that is useful in indicating software defects. Cyclomatic complexity Anti-pattern Computer program Computer programming Control flow Software engineering
Software_defect_indicator
Term in computer programming
known as "inappropriate use of inheritance" and "misapplying IS A". Anti-pattern Software rot Girish Suryanarayana, Ganesh SG, Tushar Sharma (2014). "Refactoring
Design_smell
Specialized form of design pattern
workflow pattern is a specialized form of design pattern as defined in the area of software engineering or business process engineering. Workflow patterns refer
Workflow_pattern
Opposition to Zionism
Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism. Although anti-Zionism is a heterogeneous phenomenon, all its proponents agree that the creation of the State of
Anti-Zionism
Dislike of the United States and Americans
Anti-Americanism (also known as anti-American sentiment and Americanophobia) is a term that can describe several sentiments and positions, including opposition
Anti-Americanism
drawing those resources from more effective departments or organizations. Anti-pattern Capability Maturity Model Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI
Capability_Immaturity_Model
Technique
related derived from self-aligned spacer double patterning is so-called "anti-spacer" double patterning. In this approach a first layer coating the mandrel
Spacer_patterning
International Jewish organization
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is a New York-based international advocacy organization
Anti-Defamation_League
Concept in computer software
business logic and other code. The magic pushbutton is considered an "anti-pattern": a technique that in this case creates undesirable constraints which
Business_logic
ANTI PATTERN
ANTI PATTERN
Boy/Male
Indian
Myth name of a God of magic
Male
Portuguese
Portuguese form of Latin Antonius, possibly ANTÓNIO means "invaluable."Â
Female
Portuguese
Feminine form of Galician-Portuguese Antón, possibly ANTÓNIA means "invaluable."Â
Male
Portuguese
Galician-Portuguese form of Latin Antonius, possibly ANTÓN means "invaluable."Â
Female
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian pet form of Greek Hanna, ANNI means "favor; grace." Compare with another form of Anni.
Female
Finnish
 Short form of Finnish Anniina and Annikki, both ANNI means "favor; grace." Compare with another form of Anni.
Boy/Male
Indian, Modern
Anti Soft
Male
Teutonic
Teutonic name ANSI means "divinity, god."
Girl/Female
Indian
Form of worship
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Greek Andreas, ANTTI means "man; warrior."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Anvi
Female
English
Pet form of English Andrea, ANDI means "man; warrior."
Female
Native American
 Native American Algonquin name KANTI means "sings." Compare with another form of Kanti.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Joyful unending, Calmness
Female
Hindi/Indian
(कानà¥à¤¤à¥€) Hindi name KANTI means "beauty."
Girl/Female
Indian
Existence
Female
Norse
Old Norse name VERÃANDI means "present; that which is happening; in the making." In mythology, this is the name of one of the three Norns, a goddess of destiny. The other two are Skuld ("future") and Urðr ("fate; that which happened").Â
Female
Portuguese
Galician-Portuguese feminine form of Roman Latin Antonius, possibly ANTÃA means "invaluable."Â
Boy/Male
Indian
Opposite
Girl/Female
Hindu
Anvi
ANTI PATTERN
ANTI PATTERN
Boy/Male
Welsh
Legendary son of Erim.
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Flowering field.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Liberated; Independent; Free; Aatiq Ali; Muhammad Aatiq
Girl/Female
Hindu
Being near, The Lord Saibaba message
Male
French
French form of Portuguese/Spanish Gaspar, GASPARD means "treasure bearer."Â
Biblical
revolting from God
Male
English
Enlightened
Boy/Male
Indian
Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Beautiful; Graceful; Elegant
Boy/Male
Tamil
Undorstood
ANTI PATTERN
ANTI PATTERN
ANTI PATTERN
ANTI PATTERN
ANTI PATTERN
a.
Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.
pl.
of Anta
n.
The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill.
a.
Of or pertaining to Myrmica, a genus of ants including the small house ant (M. molesta), and many others.
n.
Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.
n.
One of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social ants, bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under White.
n.
A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.
n.
An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.
n.
One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.
imp. & p. p.
of Antic
n.
A Linnaean genus of hymenopterous insects, including the common ants. See Ant.
v. t. & i.
To put up (an ante).