Some kids just got to touch that hot stove

One of my project’s biggest challenges right now is working around the limitations of a validation “framework”, which is both too restrictive and configuration-heavy. It’s almost always a mistake to attempt to write any kind of “framework” in-house but maybe it is good for this client to get a few of these mistakes under their belts. Some lessons have to be learned the hard way no matter how many books, articles, blogs are written on software development anti-patterns.