The List

• Accidental Complexity
• Reinventing the square wheel
• Design by committee
• Bystander apathy (strictly personal)
• Soft coding
• Premature optimization

Notes

This blog post is not entirely "context free". The above list was filtered from the list of software "anti-patterns" that was posted in Hacker News.

Clarity

Every time I come out of one of the local air-conditioned trains my glasses get fogged. But I dont wipe them clear. I like the feeling when the fog gradually goes away and everything gets crystal clear again. In life, in code, in phones, in conversations, all I yearn for is a bit more CLARITY.