I’ve described this to other programmers before. Greenfield projects are fatiguing because you still have options—too many options. Every layer is still open f

I’ve described this to other programmers before. Greenfield projects are fatiguing because you still have options—too many options. Every layer is still open for you to rethink and rework. Let the hand wringing commence! As the months and years wear on though, things change. Each bug has an obvious solution, and you’ll take the path of least disruption. Implementing new features is a matter of figuring out which trade offs you’re most ok with. Maybe you need to refactor something first, but that’s an obvious path itself. You’re painted in a corner. A beautiful corner where the only safe thing to do is to tread carefully. But you don’t mind, because you know where you are and what you need to do to get to where you want to go.