I think much of the recent complexity comes from resume driven development in an over saturated job market. It's also seemingly popular to use shiny tech as a s

I think much of the recent complexity comes from resume driven development in an over saturated job market. It's also seemingly popular to use shiny tech as a sort of distraction to keep investors from realizing you don't actually have a business plan written down anywhere. There are still some dark corners in B2B software consulting that very strongly embrace the simple solutions path. Many in boring, overlooked industries. Oftentimes these areas are so inherently complicated you would get laughed out of the room for pushing shiny tech. For instance, back office accounting tools for a bank that manage critical make-break decisions around customer relationships. Go ahead and pitch your bespoke sql db and AI integration to these people and see how their due diligence team responds.