Programming anti patterns

Question 1

Boat anchor

Answer 1

Retaining a part of a system that no longer has any use

Question 2

Error hiding

Answer 2

Catching an error message before it can be shown to the user and either showing nothing or showing a meaningless message

Question 3

Magic strings

Answer 3

Including literal strings in code, for comparisons, as event types etc.

Question 4

Loop switch sequence

Answer 4

Encoding a set of sequential steps using a switch within a loop statement

Question 5

Soft code

Answer 5

Storing business logic in configuration files rather than source code

Question 6

Lasagna code

Answer 6

Programs whose structure consists of too many layers

Question 7

Silver bullet / golden hammer

Answer 7

Assuming that a favorite technical solution can solve a larger process or problem

Question 8

Programming by permutation

Answer 8

Trying to approach a solution by successively modifying the code to see if it works

Question 9

Reinventing square wheel

Answer 9

ailing to adopt an existing solution and instead adopting a custom solution which performs much worse than the existing one