Make migration boring

Platform migrations, whether modernizing CI/CD, upgrading clusters, evolving deployment models, or replacing core infrastructure, often introduce risk, friction, and delivery disruption. But migrations do not have to be painful. In this talk, Jon shares principles and patterns for making migrations boring: predictable, incremental, and safe by design. The session explores techniques such as parallel runs, backward compatibility guarantees, versioned workflows, progressive rollouts, and opt-in adoption paths. Attendees will learn how to reduce fear, maintain delivery velocity, and turn large-scale platform change into a controlled, repeatable engineering process.