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I've found that I'm not so good at anticipating how my work will be used, so I tend to "pave the bare spots"[0].

[0] https://littlegreenviper.com/the-road-most-traveled-by/#pavi...

Desire paths are how I recommend IT policy and governance is written too.

But it is worth noting that this can have trouble scaling in a complex enough environment and can be more expensive in the long run.

Very much so. It can probably be scaled to a degree, via structure and process.

I’m not a huge fan of the CMMI, but Level 5 prescribes pretty much exactly that, though applied to the production process, as opposed to the end product.

Yeah. But they can you have enough money to fix that. Problem is most users don't even make it to that point and over engineer.

This is just telemetry but IRL and no way to opt out. You can maybe hop in someone else's footsteps if you are not the first.

That's very true. I worked for a company that was known for doing what others have done, but better. That's sort of Apple's philosophy, as well.

Anyone can walk through a minefield, as long as they're patient, and don't mind walking past a lot of body parts.

Omaha Beach was a nightmare on D-Day, but a lot less challenging, in the next few days.

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