Not an opposite situation, but avoidance of this issue (mostly related to management of state) is outlined in the fantastic paper &#x27;Out of the Tarpit&#x27; - which in my opinion every developer should read at least once.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;shaffner.us&#x2F;cs&#x2F;papers&#x2F;tarpit.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;shaffner.us&#x2F;cs&#x2F;papers&#x2F;tarpit.pdf</a>