The joke about building idiot-proof software comes to mind, but it's surprising to me how many systems really don't do a good job of making the right thing easy

The joke about building idiot-proof software comes to mind, but it's surprising to me how many systems really don't do a good job of making the right thing easy and the wrong hard. Dangerous defaults have consequences! Of course sometimes there's no substitute for learning things the hard way. Where practical, I've found having the responsible team on the hook for cleaning up their mess tends to work wonders in terms of getting people to be appropriately careful. That's not to say mistakes can't still happen, but it cuts down a lot.