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Traditional rewrites freeze features for months and gamble everything on a single cutover. Our Hybrid Migration Methodology runs both systems in parallel—validating every step in production with zero downtime. Battle-tested over 20+ years of complex migrations.

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Modernize Without the Risk

How It Works

Run both systems in parallel. Validate everything. Cut over when you're confident.

Traditional rewrites demand months of frozen features and a high-stakes switchover. Our methodology keeps your business running the entire time—legacy and modern systems operate side by side on the same data, with every step reversible until you're ready.

Zero Downtime

Your business never stops. Both systems run simultaneously—users work uninterrupted while we validate the modern system in production

Every Step Reversible

No point of no return. If anything doesn't look right, roll back instantly to the legacy system. The old system is always your safety net

Incremental Investment

Start small, validate results, then scale. Modernize 10% first, measure the ROI, then decide how to proceed. No all-or-nothing bets

Continuous Validation

Test in production, not in a lab. Every module is validated with real data and real workflows before any users are transitioned

100% Data Preservation

Every record, every relationship, every year of history—migrated completely. Shared database means both systems always see the same data

Modern Architecture

The end result is a modern, maintainable system built for the next 20 years—with AI integration, APIs, and performance you can't get from legacy

Why "Big Bang" Rewrites Fail

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Traditional rewrites follow a dangerous pattern: freeze all features, build in isolation for 12-18 months, then attempt a high-stakes switchover. 66% of large IT projects fail or significantly overrun, with average cost overruns of 45%.

The risks are real: months of frozen features frustrating users, a single point of failure at cutover, no rollback plan when problems surface, and production issues discovered too late to fix easily.

Our hybrid approach inverts this. Both systems operate in parallel from the start. Features keep shipping. Every step is validated in production. And the old system is always there as a safety net.

Parallel Operation on Shared Data

Both systems. Same database. Zero conflicts.

The key to safe migration is parallel operation. Your legacy system keeps running exactly as it does today while we build the modern replacement alongside it—both reading and writing to the same database.

Users can be transitioned gradually. Start with low-risk workflows, validate everything works, then progress to higher-risk areas. At any point, a user can switch back to the legacy system if something isn't right. The cutover happens when confidence is earned, not when a deadline forces it.

Parallel operation on shared database

The Six Phases

01

Assess

Understand your legacy system thoroughly. Document architecture, identify critical paths, map data relationships, and define success criteria for the migration.

02

Design

Plan parallel architecture with backward compatibility. Design how both systems will coexist on the same database and create API contracts between them.

03

Build

Implement the new system alongside legacy. Develop incrementally while both systems share data sources. Features keep shipping in the legacy system.

04

Validate

Prove parallel operation works in production. Test real workflows, validate data consistency, and build confidence through continuous validation.

05

Migrate

Transition users gradually with maintained rollback capability. Start with low-risk workflows, progress to high-risk features. Old system stays as safety net.

06

Enhance

Once migration is complete, implement the improvements that were impossible on legacy—AI integration, modern APIs, performance optimization, new capabilities.

Real-World Success Stories

Limelyte Extranet — Our Own 20-Year-Old System

We migrated our mission-critical business platform from PHP to Go in six months. Zero minutes of downtime. Operations continued normally throughout. 100% of 20 years of data preserved. The result: 10x performance improvement, AI integration through MCP, and a modern architecture built for the next 20 years.

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Wheeler Industries — Manufacturing Platform

Replaced a legacy manufacturing system with a custom portal while production operations never paused. The hybrid approach meant workers could keep using familiar tools while we validated the new system. AI-powered job estimation now saves 3+ hours per estimate using 10+ years of historical data.

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Ready to Modernize Without the Risk?

The best modernization projects start with understanding your specific system, your constraints, and your goals. We've been applying this methodology since 1999.

Let's have a free, no-commitment conversation about your legacy system and how the Hybrid Migration Methodology could work for you. No sales pressure—just experienced developers who've done this dozens of times.

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