992: Migrating Legacy Code Just Got Easier

About this episode

Wes and Scott discuss strategies for migrating large codebases using AI, including planning, testing, and deployment.

Wes and Scott talk about migrating large codebases with AI — how to plan framework and language moves, establish patterns, handle templating changes, test thoroughly, safely deploy, and more. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:46 Why migrate to a new language or framework? 05:09 How to approach a large code migration 08:47 Establishing patterns before using AI 10:35 Moving from pug to JSX 12:06 Building a detailed migration plan 15:18 Testing every part of the application 15:51 Brought to you by Sentry.io 16:58 Deploying and catching issues with Sentry 19:12 Converting express requests to web standard requests 19:34 Other codebases that could benefit from AI migrations 21:36 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Scott: WisprFlow Wes: displayplacer Shameless Plugs Phases Podcast Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

People in this episode

Hosts: Wes Bos, Scott Tolinski

Topics covered

• code migration
• AI in development
• framework changes
• testing
• deployment strategies

Keywords

• legacy code
• AI migration
• framework migration
• templating changes
• application testing

Sponsors

Sentry.io

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Phases Podcast

Products: WisprFlow, displayplacer

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