A PATTERN A DAY

Learn Software Design from Other Developers' Experiences

A Pattern a Day is a free email learning journey, which teaches you invaluable design patterns for designing complex, modern software systems. The first series is concerned with Patterns for API Design and others will follow.

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What is A Pattern a Day?

A Pattern a Day is a free email learning
journey that helps you design better systems
— one pattern at a time.

Design patterns capture proven solutions from real-world experience. Instead of theory-heavy resources, we break them down into short, practical emails you can apply immediately.

With just 5 minutes every day you will make better decisions and build better software – step by step.

HOW IT WORKS


A Pattern a Day keeps Design Smells Away.

Ton Donker
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Design patterns are powerful. But they're often hard to access, fragmented, or overly theoretical.

We created "A Pattern a Day" to make this knowledge practical, structured, and usable in real work.

API Design Patterns

Learn best practices and proven design patterns for robust, scalable, and user-friendly APIs.

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