Zombie Code: Why It’s Bad, And Why Your Legacy Systems Probably Have It - Amir Rapson

In this episode, we discuss:Myth #1: Monolith Modernization is a Lost Cause (2:39) Myth #2: Migrating Monoliths to the Cloud = Modernization (9:15) Myth #3: Building an Accurate App Modernization Business Case is Impossible (13:19) Myth #4: All Monoliths are Created Equal (18:39) Myth #5: Monoliths Are an On-Premises Problem (24:17) Myth #6: Monolith Dependencies are Impossible to Untangle (28:00) Myth #7: Monolith Modernization Takes Forever (33:46)

In this episode, we discuss:What does it mean to refactor an architecture? (4:00)What is exactly the difference between code refactoring and architectural refactoring? (7:00)How do you manage and control architectural refactoring? (11:50)Examples of real-world architecture stories (19:05)For more information, check out these resources:Mark Richards O’Reilly books on Amazon7 R’s of Cloud MigrationMichael Nygard: https://www.michaelnygard.com/Mark’s Website: Developer to ArchitectLesson 112: Architecture Characteristics WorksheetLesson 106: Architectural StoriesFollow Mark on Twitter and LinkedIn:https://twitter.com/markrichardssahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/markrichards3/

In this episode, we discuss:How companies are adopting the cloud today (1:40)How enterprises refactor and architect their applications to stay competitive (14:26)How the current economic climate is going to fuel the need for refactoring projects (18:56)For more information, check out these resources:Lee frequently presents at All Things Open conferenceLee’s Presentation at AWS ReInvent: Building an onboarding COE for AWS: Going beyond automationFollow Lee on Twitter and LinkedIn:https://twitter.com/leefaushttps://www.linkedin.com/in/leefaus/

In this episode we discuss:The difference between technical risk and market risk is that market riskThe qualities of successful early-stage startupsAshmeet's relationship with vFunction co-Founder and CEO Moti RafalinA renewed focus on application modernization for legacy monoliths

In this episode, we discuss:What is ‘zombie code’, aka “dead code” (1:07)Why is zombie code hard to find? (3:00)Why can’t we just ignore zombie code? (4:45)How does zombie code accumulate? (7:16)Zombie code gets even more complex…(8:31)Is zombie code a security threat? (11:30)Can you find zombie code manually, or is AI needed? (14:09)What does it look like to manually search for zombie code? (17:11)Best practices to handling zombie code (21:30)For more information, check out these resources:vFunction Assessment Hub - start assessing your technical debt nowWhitepaper: Technical Debt – A Guide for Frustrated Software Architects and CIOsAnalyst eBook – Raiders of the Lost Apps – An Adventurer’s Guidebook for Uncovering Technical Debt through Modernization

In this episode, we discuss:Microservices basics and what is driving the need for them (2:30)Monoliths: how to prioritize and find value (8:00)How remote work is impacting the shift to microservices (10:16)Balancing between speed and risk with a microservices architecture (13:32)How bloated microservices can be worse than monoliths (26:04)For more information, check out these resources:Mike’s books:"Design and Build Great APIs" (2020) for Pragmatic Programmers Publishing"Continuous API Management" (2020, 2018). "RESTful Web Clients" (February 2017)"Microservice Architecture" (June 2016).Follow Mike on Twitter and LinkedIn:https://twitter.com/mamundhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mamund/

In this episode, we discuss:Connecting communities, both internally and externally, during the pandemic (4:14) How does the Java Community Process work to promote continuous modernization (11:45)Balancing “it just works” with adopting cutting-edge technologies (23:27) Boosting your career with community participation (32:45)For more information, check out these resources:Get to know the Java Community Process and get involved with the community either as an individual, through your employer or as part of a Java User Group: https://jcp.org/en/participation/overviewRead the news about the Java 19 release (JSR 394) https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-releases-java-19-2022-09-20/Learn more about how to engage the next generation of Java Developers https://jcp.org/java-in-educationLearn more about Java - Hundreds of tutorials, news and videos from the experts https://dev.java/Find a project to contribute: Download and test the latest builds at https://jdk.java.net/Check out the OpenJDK Quality Group promotes the testing of Free Open Source Software (FOSS) projects with OpenJDK builds, whether their own or from someone else. https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/quality/Quality+OutreachFollow Heather on Twitter and LinkedIn:https://twitter.com/heathervchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-vancura-400395/Or check out her podcast: https://bragtalks.com/

In this episode, we discuss:Advocating getting it right with authentication and session cookies (5:05)What microservices means for your team organization (9:00)What’s hard about modernizing aging applications (11:21)If you’re doing serverless, you probably need caching (17:43)How Matt thinks about Technical Debt (23:04)For more information, check out these resources:OIDC the easy way: developer.auth0.com Full Stack for all: www.jhipster.techMatt’s website: https://raibledesigns.comFollow Matt on Twitter and LinkedIn:https://twitter.com/mraiblehttps://linkedin.com/in/mraibleA few fun VW bus posts:The day I bought it: https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/vw_bus_could_this_beThe project begins: https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/the_bus_project_beginsOff to the shop: https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/off_to_the_shopChristmas present: https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/the_bus_is_painted_holyAll done! https://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/hefe_3_5_has_been

In this episode, we discuss:Why an Event-Driven architecture makes sense for modernization (6:44)Where technical debt creeps in during modernization initiatives (14:00)What is Apache Pinot and what does StarTree do? (19:26)Can you use the Strangler Fig Pattern at the data layer? (29:46)For more information, check out these resources:Introducing StarTree Community Slack: https://www.startree.ai/blog/introducing-startree-community-slackCheck out Tim’s Twitter and LinkedIn profileshttps://twitter.com/tlberglundhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tlberglund/

In this episode, we discuss:Migration (lift and shift) vs Modernization (refactoring) (4:36)Coordination and Orchestration in the multiverse of microservices (7:46)Technical Debt considerations, Reactive Systems, and Architectures (16:15) Thoughts on tools, IDEs, and Azul’s Java runtime (24:34)For more information, check out these resources:JDK 19 and What Java Users Should Know About Ithttps://www.azul.com/blog/jdk-19-and-what-java-users-should-know-about-it/Gartner Report: Which Java Runtime is for you?https://www.azul.com/report/gartner/Check out Simon’s Twitter and LinkedIn profileshttps://twitter.com/speakjavahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/siritter/