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Stovepipe Enterprise - The Patchwork Anti-Pattern
We have highlighted many areas of quality software development. However, the stovepipe enterprise is a maintenance anti-pattern. This situation occurs when we build a system that has a high maintenance cost. Even worse, maintenance often requires to be done quickly and more as a patch than a build. Therefore, we produce a house of cards that becomes more fragile as time goes by.
Stovepipe Enterprise Defined
Stovepipes are historically a form of a kludge. Wood-burning stoves needed a way to get rid of the exhaust, and it goes through the pipe. However, the material often wears down a stovepipe…
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