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Do you have an example of a bad idea in Wordpress that has a real-world impact on a sizable portion of its userbase?

Their quirky database layer is but one example of the house of horrors that is their code base.

It would be less of an issue if you could swap out parts of it, but you can't.

front controller pattern?

Could you elaborate a bit on the reasons for your opposition to front controllers?