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Architecture & practice·Legacy systems and migration

there was no existing system to accommodate, and the hardest part turned out to be deciding anything.

Greenfield

Work with no existing system, data or users to be compatible with. It is universally wanted and comes with its own difficulties: no constraints means no guidance, and every decision is open at once. It also carries a specific trap, which is that a greenfield build often has to be reconciled with the brownfield reality of the rest of the company on the day it launches.

Commonly confused with