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title: "Comment by Divyajyoti Ukirde on \"Are design patterns still relevant?\" | Hashnode"
description: "Starting my career I had just studied the patterns and could not really recognise when seeing the codebase. There's actually a need to know these patterns."
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/are-design-patterns-still-relevant/5feb60d2017ebb59232d9e42)

Comment [Are design patterns still relevant?](https://hashnode.com/posts/are-design-patterns-still-relevant/5feb60d2017ebb59232d9e42)

[Divyajyoti Ukirde](https://hashnode.com/@divyajyotiuk)

[Dec 31, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/are-design-patterns-still-relevant/5feb60d2017ebb59232d9e42/comment/5fed4907b2cf2458fe325422)

Starting my career I had just studied the patterns and could not really recognise when seeing the codebase.

There's actually a need to know these patterns.

[Mario Cervera](https://hashnode.com/@macerub)

[Dec 31, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/are-design-patterns-still-relevant/5feb60d2017ebb59232d9e42/comment/5fed4907b2cf2458fe325422#reply-5fedf21e017ebb59232dd44a)

It's not easy, but you start to consider them more useful when you become very familiar with them (i.e. when you know them very intimately). At that point, you recognize them without effort, so code becomes more readable and intent-revealing (if it's has been written by someone who knows the patterns well, of course).

You also start to learn their trade-offs better, so you also know when not to apply them.

The learning process is slow, but definitely worth it 😊