## Anti-Patterns in Software Blogging by Michael Lynch, published October 7, 2026 In software development, we collect anti-patterns to recognize common traits that lead to poor outcomes in our software. I thought it would be helpful to do the same for software blogging, so I’ve catalogued the most frequent mistakes I see from beginner bloggers. - The meandering introPreamble still counts as meandering - Preamble still counts as meandering - “The reader knows everything I know except this one thing” - Overreliance on links - The sequel injection bug - Excessive formality - Fumbling on the…