Here’s a design challenge: Take out a sheet of paper and draw a beautiful image—already a daunting task for some of us—then fold the paper eight times or so. Does the design still make sense? That’s ...

Whenever an activity occurs in repetition, such as programming, patterns emerge and can be documented. The benefits of documenting and using software design patterns are well established, as are some ...

As Sigmund Freud made very clear, human beings are compelled to repeat patterns—the repetition compulsion. Patterns laid down early in life are propelled forward to recreate the familiar that can be ...