Avoid Using Exceptions for Control Flow — Design Better Error Handling?

Why treating exceptions like logic gates is an anti-pattern — and what you should do instead

Hello guys, as a senior software engineer, part of my job is to review code and mentor junior developers. One common anti-pattern I often come across is using exceptions to control the flow of a program.

While exceptions are powerful tools for error handling, misusing them can lead to brittle, unreadable, and inefficient code and shoudn’’t be used for c…