GLOSSARY / Migration & Architecture
Replatforming (Lift, Tinker, and Shift)
Moving applications to the cloud with targeted optimisations, such as swapping self-hosted databases for managed services, without changing core code.
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Replatforming involves making minor cloud-focused optimisations to an application without altering its core architecture. Common examples include migrating a self-managed database on EC2 to AWS RDS or replacing file storage with AWS S3. It balances migration speed with immediate operational efficiency and reduced maintenance overhead.