Velocity-Pressure Code Pattern
- Entity ID:
ent-20260419-5baa864a2734 - Type:
concept - Scope:
shared - Status:
active - Aliases: safest-location accretion, structure-debt pattern
Description
Anti-pattern diagnosis: features added to the safest-feeling existing location rather than extracted into new modules, producing massive functions (3,167 lines / 12 nesting levels) and accumulating behavior faster than structure — linked to CWE-78 cluster and false-claims regression.
Key claims
- 250,000 wasted API calls were documented but shipped anyway
- Velocity-pressure pattern is diagnostic, not unusual
- A single 3,167-line function has 486 branch points and 12 nesting levels
Relations
- 250,000 Wasted API Calls Bug --[caused]--> Velocity-Pressure Code Pattern