# Session title

Discomfort Zone: Legacy versus fresh

## Session URL

https://webexpo.net/prague2025/sessions/discomfort-zone-2025-2/

## Session Type

Conference Talk

## Talk Description

Life isn’t all rainbows, unicorns or idealistic LinkedIn success stories. Sometimes things go south. Come to the Discomfort Zone to discuss taboo topics with Riki Fridrich.



So let’s zoom in on one of those uncomfortable moments that might hit close to home:



Today, every mature organisation is now running a portfolio of legacy applications, built up over many years. Whenever the topic of modernisation comes up, someone always brings up the brilliant idea to restart from scratch because “this time it will all turn out perfect”. But what are the benefits and drawbacks of such a decision?





## Tags

Backend Dev, Business & Growth, Frontend Dev

## Session Focused on

Web Development: 80%, Design & UX: 0%, Marketing: 0%, Business: 60%

## Session Presenter

Riki Fridrich

## Session Presenter Bio

For the last 20 years, Riki has been writing frontend code, mostly Javascript. In his spare time, he likes cooking and going for long walks while listening to podcasts. He hates JQuery.

## Session Details

### Date

May 28, 2025 11:00 am

### Duration

40 Minutes

### Specific Location

Lucerna Cinema Small Hall

### General Localtion

Lucerna Palace, Prague, Czech Republic