Micro-Proof: Legacy Stabilized

Modernization worked because stabilization came first.

You can’t migrate chaos safely.

Risk containment Legacy rescue Safe replatforming
Reality Check™ Summary
Legacy system stabilized before modernization and replatforming
Situation: A mission-critical ASP application was unstable, failing repeatedly, and holding key business data on an aging stack.
Reality Check™: The risk wasn’t modernization — it was attempting to migrate an unstable system without first protecting data and continuity.
Intervention: Stabilized backups and recovery processes, documented failure points, then systematically replatformed to Django/MySQL with improved reporting and reliability.
Result: Operational risk dropped immediately, data was secured, and the business transitioned to a modern stack without disruption.