How I’d use generative AI to modernize an app
January 15, 2025
So I won’t sit here and tell you that generative AI makes app modernization easy. Nothing does. It’s hard work and is as much about technology as it is psychology and archeology. But AI can make it easier. We’ll take any help we can get, right? I count at least five ways I’d use generative AI to make smarter progress on my modernization journey.
It’s very early days still un the adoption of generative AI and LLMs. There’s definitely significant hype, serious concerns (misuse of IP in training, use of energy and environmental impact) but there’s also valid and valuable use cases. Here Richard Seroter discusses his use of these technologies in improving existing code bases.
