Software Engineering

Metaphors used in the practice of building and maintaining software systems.

Mappings (65)

• A Place to Wait conceptual-metaphor
• Baklava Code conceptual-metaphor
• Big Ball of Mud conceptual-metaphor
• Bikeshedding dead-metaphor
• Boat Anchor dead-metaphor
• Boil the Ocean dead-metaphor
• Bottleneck dead-metaphor
• Bus Factor dead-metaphor
• Cargo Cult Programming dead-metaphor
• Code Smell dead-metaphor
• Data Flow Is Fluid Flow paradigm
• Deep Magic dead-metaphor
• Dogfooding dead-metaphor
• Duck Typing dead-metaphor
• Fear-Driven Development dead-metaphor
• Firewall dead-metaphor
• God Object conceptual-metaphor
• Golden Hammer conceptual-metaphor
• Heisenbug conceptual-metaphor
• Hydra Code conceptual-metaphor
• Intimacy Gradient conceptual-metaphor
• Jenga Code conceptual-metaphor
• Lava Flow dead-metaphor
• Light on Two Sides conceptual-metaphor
• Magic Number dead-metaphor
• Main Entrance conceptual-metaphor
• Monkey-Patching dead-metaphor
• Orphan Process dead-metaphor
• Pattern Language as Shared Vocabulary paradigm
• Program Failure Is Bodily Failure conceptual-metaphor
• Race Condition dead-metaphor
• Rubber Duck Debugging conceptual-metaphor
• Shotgun Debugging dead-metaphor
• Software Rot dead-metaphor
• Spaghetti Code dead-metaphor
• Technical Debt dead-metaphor
• The Abstract Factory Pattern archetype
• The Adapter Pattern archetype
• The Builder Pattern archetype
• The Chain of Responsibility Pattern archetype
• The Command Pattern archetype
• The Composite Pattern archetype
• The Decorator Pattern archetype
• The Facade Pattern archetype
• The Factory Pattern archetype
• The Gateway Pattern archetype
• The Interpreter Pattern archetype
• The Iterator Pattern dead-metaphor
• The Mediator Pattern archetype
• The Memento Pattern archetype
• The Observer Pattern archetype
• The Pipeline Pattern archetype
• The Prototype Pattern archetype
• The Proxy Pattern archetype
• The Registry Pattern archetype
• The Repository Pattern archetype
• The Singleton Pattern archetype
• The State Pattern dead-metaphor
• The Strategy Pattern archetype
• The Template Method Pattern archetype
• The Unit of Work Pattern archetype
• The Visitor Pattern archetype
• Yak Shaving dead-metaphor
• Yo-Yo Problem dead-metaphor
• Zombie Process dead-metaphor