Lava Code

The AntiPatternsBook diagnoses LavaCode: StovepipeProjects often contain inextricable modules that cannot be removed easily (in the absence of UnitTests and Refactor-minded coders) and which do nothing.

• "Clyde was working on that when he left."

• "We should leave this here for if marketing changes its mind back again."

• "That stuff doesn't do anything but it makes compiles really long. But when we tried to remove it we made one little change and hit a bug in the compiler, so the project lead said to leave it alone."

• "This module researches AI concepts, so tha'd be cool to have after it goes online."

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Also known as LavaFlow, which can result from coding against a changing architecture.

See also: SideEffect, ErrorsBecomeFeatures