title: What is soft coding? (Anti-pattern)
body: <p>I found the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcoding" rel="noreferrer">Wikipedia entry</a> on the soft coding anti-pattern terse and confusing. So what is soft coding? In what settings is it a bad practice (anti-pattern)? Also, when could it be considered beneficial, and if so, how should it be implemented?</p>