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World Congress 2023 • Aug 11, 2023

Defeat that legacy monster! Guerilla refactoring with web standards

Peter Kröner

Treat legacy systems as hostile entities rather than standard code. Exploit native Web Components and ancient browser quirks to reclaim your web application through guerrilla warfare.

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