Transforming legacy code into a modern software stack has always been a complex challenge, but generative AI is redefining how we approach this work. In this talk, we share how we built an AI-powered conversion pipeline to transform a legacy low-code solution into a modern Vue and TypeScript stack, achieving an 85 percent reduction in manual effort and greatly accelerating the modernization process.

Our story focuses on the specific challenges we encountered while building this conversion pipeline and the strategies we used to overcome them. From managing intricate legacy structures to ensuring the correctness of AI-generated code, we’ll walk you through the iterative steps we took to refine and validate our approach. You’ll see how we used GPT-4 to continuously improve prompt precision, and how we leveraged a Human-in-the-Loop framework to keep control over quality and reliability.

This session provides practical, actionable insights into prompt engineering, pipeline design, and effectively integrating generative AI as a development tool. You’ll learn how AI can streamline tedious tasks and tackle complex modernization challenges, yet remains a convenience rather than a replacement for specialized, developer-led work. Our main takeaway is clear: AI is a powerful collaborator that empowers developers to elevate their impact, keeping them firmly in command of the process.