Safely Evolving Legacy Code
Scott Sauber
A new request comes in. It’s for “that app.” You know the one. The one nobody wants to touch, because the code is a mess and yet the application is business critical. In this talk, the fancy technologies will be put to the side, and instead the reality most people live in will be acknowledged. You’ll learn how we can evolve legacy code from the state it’s in today to the value we need to get from it tomorrow.
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Early Cloud Habits Creating Chaos at Scale
Brian PapaBear Gerhards
Cloud was supposed to make everything easier — and in many ways, it does. But as your environment grows into mission-critical infrastructure, it can also start to feel like the wild wild west. Teams move fast, flexibility fuels innovation, but without the right guardrails? Costs spiral. Security gaps emerge. Performance takes a hit. And often, organizations don’t realize the full impact until it’s too late.