How history of Software Engineering repeats itself over and over again: 1. You just started as an SE. 2. You write code. 3. You discover patterns. 4. If you have an opportunity, you share how you write the code with others on meet-ups and conferences. 5. People think it’s a best practice and follow it. 6. The more people follow it, the more common it becomes. 7. You use the approach you recommended in anger. 8. You discover its limitations and pitfalls. 9. Heck, it might even be an antipattern! 10. After so many years, you’re too burnt out from engineering. 11. You know how to code but you don’t give talks anymore. You just do your work slowly on a stable job. 12. You watch a YouTube video with a person advocating for the same approach you liked decades ago. 13. You’re too exhausted to care.