Anti Patterns

1. Start prefixing your directives and services if you plan to release them. You should only feel inclined to ignore them WITHIN YOUR OWN APP. Checkout ui-alias to make life easier.
2. Stop wrapping element inside of $(). It's redundant.
3. Start using $scope, $element, and $attrs as your linking function signature. These are the OFFICIAL injectable names, lets prevent confusion and inconsistency.
4. Stop forgetting to setup a $scope.$on('$destroy', ...) listener in your directives.
5. Stop doing if (!$scope.$$phase) $scope.$apply(), it means your $scope.$apply() isn't high enough in the call stack.
6. Stop using jQuery to generate templates
7. Stop releasing the same plugin 8 other people released. Learn to fork and pull request instead.
8. Stop complaining about the docs without submitting a patch. They suck, we know.