Make Everyone Happy - A Paradoxical Anti-Pattern

Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur · Feb 24, 2022 · 14m

One of the most amusing anti-patterns is the one known as "make everyone happy." The funny thing is that it never does. Instead, it points us to an old bit of wisdom that you end up pleasing no one when you try to please everyone. Put more simply; you cannot have more than one master. If this seems familiar, we have discussed it under the name "design by committee" in prior posts.

Make Everyone Happy Defined

You have heard that two heads are better than one. Unfortunately, that does not translate to more is always better than less. In particular, design and related decisions suffer greatly…