Seven deadly sins of software flexibility
Thomas J Butler, Mark W. Johnson · NECTAR - Northampton Electronic Collection of Thesis and Research (University of Northampton) · 2017
As software development techniques evolve, practices emerge which both help and hinder software development. These practices are often identified first by industry experts who work with large codebases in big teams. There are many software development techniques that have been labelled "bad practice" by these industry experts that aren't formally recognised in academia. This paper briefly describes some of these bad practices.