Anti-Pattern
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
A common but counterproductive solution pattern that tends to create more problems than it solves. In engineering culture, calling something an anti-pattern usually means it has become a recognizable mistake people should learn to avoid.
In plain English: A common approach that looks useful but usually causes trouble.
Example: "Using a shared spreadsheet as the source of truth for deployment state became an anti-pattern the moment three teams started editing it at once."