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Zero-downtime migrations, in practice
Replacing a legacy system while it is serving thousands of users a day. The strangler pattern, done carefully.
You can replace a legacy system serving thousands of users a day without downtime. We use the strangler pattern, carefully and in parts.
The approach
- The new system wraps the old and gradually takes over.
- Both run in parallel until we are confident.
- We switch in small, reversible steps.
Users never notice the entire foundation changing underneath them.
