My pet peeve with so-called greenfield projects is that actual greenfield projects are extremely rare. As soon as your shiny new service has to interact with ot

My pet peeve with so-called greenfield projects is that actual greenfield projects are extremely rare. As soon as your shiny new service has to interact with other services, you will run into their stakeholders expectations, and your project will inevitably build up tech debt until you go full circle. You may blame essential complexity, but often it's just the unstable nature of the industry.