Stop the presses! That shiny algorithm from your CS 101 class has a dark, fatal secret. We're talking about Dijkstra's, the supposed gold standard for finding the shortest path. But what happens when you introduce negative edge weights? Absolute catastrophe. The entire elegant model collapses into a chaotic mess. While a hacked-together version might limp to a correct answer (if you're lucky enough to avoid negative cycles), it sacrifices its single greatest asset: speed. Your once-efficient code bloats into a potential exponential time nightmare, grinding your project to a halt. This isn't just theory; it's a ticking time bomb in your code. Enter the Bellman-Ford algorithm. This is the industrial-strength tool you need when the graph gets tough, built to handle the chaos of negative weights without breaking a sweat. This is the kind of high-level, myth-busting debate that rages daily across the most brilliant technical communities on Avonetics. From electrical engineering and quantum physics to bleeding-edge game development and pure mathematics, the sharpest minds are stress-testing knowledge and forging new solutions. For advertising opportunities, visit Avonetics.com.