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If you want to ship fast in 2026-2027, the happy path can't be the whole review.
A happy-path demo gets a quick yes from the team. Then the questions start.
→ What shows while the image uploads?
→ What happens when the post fails?
→ Does retry work?
Nobody can see the states side by side, comment on them, or check the Figma file against the code.
So decisions get lost between design and the build, and customers are the ones who find the gaps.
This is the process I use:
Swim-lane user flows: the full feature, with each edge and error state documented.
The happy path and core edge cases built in code.
CPO and engineering review, with comments tied to each state.
Decisions and open questions logged in one doc the team and its AI tools build from.
The code and the file stay in step, and no one has to remember why the retry works the way it does.
Each review starts from what's already decided.
Customers get a product that holds up when things go wrong, they continue to build trust, and the app grows.
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