April 1st, 2026 × #AI#Migration#Hono#WebStandards
Migrating Legacy Code Just Got Easier
Wes walks through how he moved his ten-year-old course platform from Express to Hono and from Pug to JSX with AI, and why planning, patterns, and testing matter more than the typing. Plus Sick Picks for voice dictation and monitor layouts.
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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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