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# Shaaf Syed
Principal Architect at Red Hat focused on app modernization and generative AI.

## About

Shaaf Syed is a Principal Architect at Red Hat. He focuses on practical ways to modernize legacy applications and move them to Kubernetes.

Instead of manual rewrites, Shaaf explores how to automate code transformation using static analysis and generative AI. He teaches developers how to use tools like Konveyor to combine LLMs and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)—skipping the need to fine-tune models entirely.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2025 · July 9, 2025
Berlin, Germany
- [Navigating Application Modernization - Leveraging Gen-AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1605-navigating-application-modernization-leveraging-gen-ai) · 30 min · 🎥 Watch recording



## Videos

- [Navigating Application Modernization - Leveraging Gen-AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1605-navigating-application-modernization-leveraging-gen-ai) · Shaaf Syed


## Links

- [X](https://www.twitter.com/syshaaf)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaaf/)