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Moving 17 Years of Old Legacy Code and Sites into the Cloud

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Overview

Explore the challenges and solutions of migrating long-standing legacy systems to the cloud in this insightful conference talk from NDC Porto 2022. Delve into Scott Hanselman's personal journey of moving 17 years of blogging and podcasting infrastructure from legacy hardware to modern cloud platforms. Learn about the critical decision-making process, requirements analysis, and technical considerations involved in such a migration. Gain valuable insights on addressing technical debt, choosing appropriate cloud services, implementing DevOps practices, and ensuring system sustainability. Discover practical tips on using tools like Windows Terminal and Docker, setting up App Service Plans, managing blog backups, and leveraging CDNs. Understand the importance of version control, automated testing, and performance optimization in modernizing legacy applications. Whether you're dealing with personal projects or enterprise-level systems, this talk provides essential knowledge for successfully transitioning outdated infrastructure to the cloud.

Syllabus

Intro
Hanselman Blog
Yellow screen of death
Why this is a problem
Using Windows Terminal
Using Docker
Multistage build files
App Service Plans
Blog Backup
CDN
Moving into the Cloud
Server Response Time
Check your commit
Have you got your projects on GitHub
Have you hooked up selenium or playwright
Dos Blog
Conclusion
What if it was like a web forms application

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