All that said, you .NET folks need to let your patterns die in a fire. Modern C# doesn't require any of this crap anymore. Use functions. They're great. The world of nouns is behind us.
Honestly, I could see myself writing this some time ago, but I somewhat disagree with it now. The problem isn't the patterns themselves, the problem is the overuse.
C# provides many tools to allow you to defer needing to apply patterns (which you should when possible) until they are actually necessary, such as extension methods. But some patterns can provide lots of utility and prescribed ways to approach problems that provide uniformity to large codebases.
