Yep, exact same experience. I also had the unfortunate experience of working with some die-hards who believe DDD dictates that "the code and only the code shou

Yep, exact same experience. I also had the unfortunate experience of working with some die-hards who believe DDD dictates that "the code and only the code should reflect the business requirements 1:1", with emphasis on the "only". Which means that things that are often configurable in other systems are instead hardcoded and scattered in the codebase done by those. In early stage startups this is a death kneel.