You do need to be careful that you don't end up with a "build it and they will come" mindset when creating that Golden Path, though - it needs to have early and

You do need to be careful that you don't end up with a "build it and they will come" mindset when creating that Golden Path, though - it needs to have early and continuous input from actual users. There's a tension between a theoretical Golden Path that leads someplace no-one actually wants to go, and simply paving every possible "desire line". Managing that is one of the trickiest parts of platform engineering.