Design patterns

I Have A Problem With Design Patterns Just in case the title and heading didn’t tip you off, I have a problem with software design patterns. The problem isn’t actually with the design patterns themselves, nor (necessarily) with the people who promote them. My problem, at it’s root, is how people treat them with an unquestioning semi-religious idolatry, and also use them as a way to declare themselves superior to others in a most idiotic fashion....