Software Archeology: Excavating Ancient Code in the Modern Enterprise

Every line of code tells a story—but in the enterprise world, some stories are written in hieroglyphics. Let’s go on an expedition into the depths of legacy systems, where we’ll unearth treasures like “commented-out code from 2005,” “mysterious one-line fixes,” and the fabled “invalid connection string that still remains six years later.”

In this session, we’ll:

• Discuss the similarities between architecture and archeology (hint: both uncover ruins of past decisions).
  
  
• Debate which codebases should stay buried—and which are worth resuscitating.
  
  
• Dive headfirst into all the tools that can help us catalog our archeological architectural findings for future generations!

Bring your curiosity and leave with a new understanding of what architects do and practical strategies for your next archeological dig into past architectures—accidental or otherwise! This is one expedition you won't want to miss!