While captivating stories of groundbreaking frameworks dominate tech headlines and flood our online feeds, significant value remains within a forest of legacy applications built on time-tested frameworks. Many of these applications are still desktop-based, residing on dedicated servers, and have yet to embrace the cloud. A complete rewrite is an enticing prospect that excites developers, but it often feels risky to management—understandably so.

This talk doesn’t promise easy answers to difficult questions or claim to deliver definitive solutions. Instead, it offers a candid discussion on the platforms to consider and concrete patterns that exist for addressing inevitable challenges in legacy systems. By exploring these strategies, we aim to empower teams to navigate their legacy environments more effectively.