Pit of Success - Graph View Build systems so that the easiest path is also the right one: people fall into good results by default, and they have to work hard to get things wrong. View concept details Related ConceptsGolden Path Poka-Yoke Default Effect Default Path Choice Architecture Nudge Theory Affordances Convention Over Configuration Defensive Design Developer Experience Forcing Function Guardrails Fail Fast Principle of Least Effort Friction Principle of Least Astonishment Hard to Misuse Make Illegal States Unrepresentable Secure by Default Parse, Don't Validate Footgun Escape Hatch Make Simple Things Simple, Complex Things Possible Secure by Design Opinionated Software Reversible vs Irreversible Decisions Correct by Construction Memory Safety Make the Change Easy, Then Make the Easy Change ← Back to full graph