Earlier quoted context omitted.
It makes me wonder how many people hit the checkout flow on some websites, I'm sure the numbers for some people (automakers maybe) aren't too dissimilar.
We do have a checkout flow, and yes, that page is visited by a very small number of users. However, you don't actually think I deleted the checkout flow, do you?
Deleting 50k Lines of Code in 3 Days
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No of course not, my point is that sometimes pages, code, and flows that are used by a minority of users are vital to business operations.
Re: Deleting 50k Lines of Code in 3 Days
#62> While I knew that some pages were less frequently visited than others, I was surprised to see that there were modules that accounted for less than 0.1% of page visits. This meant I could remove them entirely without affecting 99.9% of users. I could delete entire directories containing dozens of files and thousands of lines of code. I don't know about the author's application, but a data driven approach is not goin…
I didn't say I deleted everything that had less than 0.1% of page visits. :) For instance, I didn't delete the "Account Settings" page. Features don't need a high percentage of traffic to be important, but less important features generally account for a very low percentage of traffic.
It's not a criticism of you, and I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt! But I think there's plenty of folks who might take away the wrong lesson here.