> I've seen many cases where engineers optimize the sad path, but pessimize the wretched path.
As said GP, yes this is exactly what I meant and "happy-path" was an unclear choice of words. They optimize for the unhappy path on the good days, and make the bad days much worse.
As said GP, yes this is exactly what I meant and "happy-path" was an unclear choice of words. They optimize for the unhappy path on the good days, and make the bad days much worse.