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Date Published
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Malte Ubl
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1581
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English
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3

Summary

Incremental migrations are a recommended approach for software projects that require updates or replacements, minimizing risks associated with large-scale changes. This strategy involves gradually transitioning to a new system while the old one is still operational, allowing for validation of business impact and reduction of downtime. Frontend migrations, in particular, can benefit from this approach, where the stateful data continues to be handled by the same "system of record," and only the rendering and processing are updated. By introducing reverse proxies and fine-grained request management tools, platforms like Vercel support incremental migration strategies, enabling organizations to achieve a smoother transition with reduced risk and faster time to business validation.