“Break down Web site patterns into smaller, manageable parts“. What a novel idea! I say this without sarcasm as it is totally true. When trying to complete a large, unwieldy design project, it would definitely help if one had the foresight to break down the patterns into smaller projects.

It’s a slightly different concept in that there’s not a pre-packaged set of common patterns as in software design (at least Ryan doesn’t mention them), but both concepts involve breaking the larger problem down into individual chunks. Ryan does a good job of explaining it in a way that’s conversational and easy to follow. If someone could have explained software design patterns as clearly, it would have saved me a few aspirin.