Sir, Who Did This to You... — Let's Talk About Legacy
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A case-study presentation about modernizing a legacy software system, analyzing why systems rot internally even when past design choices seemed reasonable. It walks step-by-step through a migration process and shares unconventional, practical techniques for refactoring and modernization, plus provocative opinions intended to spark discussion.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:54Metro metaphor and Legacy
- 13:2380s system history
- 20:3290s: ETL and database
- 23:422000s: Lotus Notes issues
- 29:42ETL challenges
- 32:31Phoenix modernization
- 43:37Summary
- 46:09Q&A
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