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> I really, really don’t like greenfield projects. There are too many options. Too many tools to chose and decisions to be made. All of the code has to be writt
by heavyset_go 4y ago
> I really, really don’t like greenfield projects. There are too many options. Too many tools to chose and decisions to be made. All of the code has to be written, including the boilerplate and the boring stuff. Thanks but no thanks. Give me a messy project instead.
I have a hard time relating. Some of my favorite gigs were where I got to come in and design projects from the ground up. It's where you get to exercise an engineering mindset, where you're adhering to constraints while trying to meet requirements and setting the groundwork for potentially years of contribution, change and adaption.
- intelVISA 4y agoGreenfield projects are the Elysian fields for makers. It definitely seperates the builders from the importers. No shade on the latter, a job's a job to most.
- marssaxman 4y agoThis particular maker-builder loves clean-up work. Yes, it's great when you have a free hand to design something beautiful and new, but it can be even more satisfying to begin with a mess, dig through the crud, find the heart of the machine, and polish it to a gleam. If you start with a perfectly clear vision, it is easy to feel disappointed by the rough edges and unpleasant quirks which inevitably creep into the finished product - but when you start with something ugly, which your work then uplifts, the result might be more than you hoped for.
- emodendroket 4y agoWell, you’re still doing that in an existing project. You’re just dealing with constraints that are in the current context frustrating or nonsensical.