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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

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992: Migrating Legacy Code Just Got Easier

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats · Apr 1, 2026 · 29:07

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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


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