Service — Legacy Modernization

Modernize without the big-bang risk.

Re-platform and rebuild aging systems on a modern, AI-accelerated stack — incrementally, while the old system keeps running — with senior engineers reviewing every line.

What is it? Legacy modernization is how Kinisys re-platforms and rebuilds aging systems onto a modern, AI-accelerated stack — carving off capabilities one at a time so the old system keeps running and there is no risky big-bang rewrite. AI agents do the building under senior engineering review, the code lives in your GitHub from commit one, and you own 100% of it.

What you get

  • Incremental migration — capabilities moved off the old system one at a time, with the legacy system live until each piece proves out.
  • Codebase mapping — AI-assisted analysis of large, undocumented code to reconstruct the rules and behaviour, verified by senior engineers.
  • Modern, maintainable stack — a clean architecture, test coverage, and CI/CD that future teams can actually work in.
  • Safe cutover — strangler-fig routing, clear rollback at each phase, and no high-stakes flip-the-switch moment.
  • Integration continuity — connections to the surrounding systems preserved so the business keeps running throughout.
  • Your repository — the rebuilt codebase in your GitHub organization, with handover docs and no lock-in.

How we build it

One focused discovery maps the legacy system and produces a phased, fixed-price plan. Senior engineers design the target architecture and migration sequence — the blueprint the AI builds against. AI agents map the old code and generate the rebuilt components (APIs, frontend, tests, CI/CD) in parallel, and every pull request is reviewed line-by-line by a senior before it ships. You see weekly demos against a live staging environment, and every phase includes a 30-day post-launch window for fixes and tuning.

Default technology stack

Next.js / React / TypeScript on the front end, Node.js or Python (FastAPI) on the back end, PostgreSQL plus Redis, hosted on AWS or Vercel, with Supabase where it fits and an AI layer (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, open-weights via LangGraph) used for code analysis and where intelligence adds value. If your environment requires it — Java, .NET, or on-prem — we adapt.

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Legacy modernization questions.

How do you avoid a risky big-bang rewrite?
We modernize incrementally. The old system keeps running while we carve off capabilities one at a time — often behind a strangler-fig pattern — and route traffic to the new components as they prove out. Each phase has a fixed price, a clear rollback, and is shipped only after senior review.
What if the legacy code is poorly documented?
That is the common case. AI agents are well suited to reading and mapping large, undocumented codebases quickly, and senior engineers verify the behaviour before anything is rebuilt. We reconstruct the rules from the code and from how the system actually behaves, then cover them with tests.
Do I own the modernized code?
Yes — 100%. The rebuilt codebase lives in your GitHub organization from the first commit, with handover documentation. There is no license-back, no shared ownership, and no proprietary platform you must keep paying for.

Ready to modernize your system?

Tell us what the aging system does, what's painful about it, your rough timeline, and any budget range. We reply within one business day.

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