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by spacemanmatt 2108 days ago
I replaced our aging infra with AWS, oversaw replacement of a mishmash of C#, C++, PHP, and Java1.4 by a concise Java 11 based app, and I'm about to deploy our first PWA with a Postgres/Vert.x/OIDC backend. Legacy is still running Apache2/PHP5+MySQL.

I would describe the tech stack I've inherited charitably as "nearly pure opportunity."
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_jjkk 2108 days ago
Good on you for being able to focus on the opportunity.

Too many developers are discouraged when inheriting a legacy app. Nobody wants to be a turd polisher, but like you said, that just means there's even more opportunity for improvement.

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time0ut 2108 days ago
What has your Vert.x experience been like?

I've been using it in production for 3 years and regret selecting it.

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