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by doomlaser 792 days ago
Lots of design patterns have their uses, but can suffer when applied too overzealously.
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Like almost anything in IT, if you are good at using a hammer, you treat everything like a nail.
if you're good at using a hammer, the nail will be hammered in perfectly and without faults.

The only problem is if you're bad at using the hammer, and you only know how to use a hammer.