Gradual design system adoption in legacy code
WHAT IT TESTS: incremental migration of a large legacy codebase. OUTLINE: coexistence strategy, codemods for mechanical swaps, lint rules to block regressions, prioritize high-traffic surfaces.
WHAT IT TESTS: whether you can drive adoption incrementally with tooling rather than a risky rewrite. ANSWER OUTLINE: let legacy and system components coexist; build codemods to mechanically replace common legacy components and props; add lint rules that flag or forbid legacy patterns and new bespoke components; create token mappings for styling; prioritize high-traffic, high-value surfaces first and migrate in slices with metrics. RED FLAG: a big-bang rewrite, or expecting voluntary manual migration with no automation or guardrails.
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