# Five Costs Engineers Don't Know About Breaking A Critical Path In The App

DevFeed: [Five Costs Engineers Don't Know About Breaking A Critical Path In The App](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/five-costs-engineers-don-t-know-about-breaking-a-critical-path-in-the-app-25148.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.droidchef.dev/five-costs-engineers-dont-know-about-breaking-a-critical-path-in-the-app/>)

Author: Ishan Khanna

Published: 2022-10-22T05:12:08Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Ishan Khanna](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ishan-khanna.md>)

Topics: [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [personal-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/personal-experience.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

The article identifies five types of costs that can result from breaking a critical path in an app: explicit revenue loss, collateral damage to the business, investigation, fixing, and remediation. It also discusses effects on brand perception, app ratings, user retention, and engagement.

## Source excerpt

In this article, I share five costs of breaking a critical path of your app that most engineers don't consider while writing software.