dpc on Nostr: The right way to think about "Design Patterns" in programming is that they are a ...

The right way to think about "Design Patterns" in programming is that they are a helpful descriptor. It's easier to say "I'm using a builder here" than describe the details that go into the builder pattern.

And that's it.

Design Patterns are not a goal in itself, they don't make code better, neither they are bad. They are just a name assigned to something that is so commonly done that it got a name to make the conversation faster.