Design
- Choosing tools before requirements
- Creating shared failure domains without justification
- Ignoring ownership and lifecycle boundaries
Docker Academy · architecture and delivery
Anti-patterns
Common implementation shortcuts that create hidden cost, fragility, security exposure or operational dependence.
Delivery
- Manual production changes without reproducible automation
- Rebuilding artefacts between environments
- Treating successful deployment as successful service
Operations
- Alerting on symptoms without actionable context
- Keeping undocumented privileged access
- Relying on backups that have never been restored
Required output
Create a reviewed anti-patterns for Docker Academy with assumptions, owners, evidence, unresolved risks and explicit acceptance criteria.