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Re:Goodbye Mac OS Forge, hello GitHub by ambicapter on Sunday August 21, 2016 @09:50AM (#12330902)
> Also, using version control systems as distribution and deployment systems is a horrible anti-pattern and I really, really wish people would stop doing this.

Can you go into this? I have to write an update framework at my job and I want to know as much as possible about it before I start.

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Re:Goodbye Mac OS Forge, hello GitHub by sitkack on Sunday August 21, 2016 @10:38AM (#12331068)
I believe "anti-pattern" is a way to assert an opinion by giving it the color of best practice.

> It is a best practice to assert ones opinion by declaring the alternative as an anti-pattern.

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