Why your API golden paths aren't being used 

You built golden paths. You documented standards. You invested in governance programs and hired architects to maintain consistency across teams.

But when you check the metrics, developers are still working around your platform, rebuilding capabilities that already exist, and shipping APIs that violate standards you established.

The problem isn’t that developers don’t care about quality. It’s that your golden paths are adding friction.

Platform engineering exists to make developers faster and more productive. But when not-so-golden paths require extra tools, manual approvals, and context switching just to ship a standard API, they become obstacles to avoid rather than defaults to embrace.

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