Name: Breaking Up a Monolith
Start: 2026-04-28T15:15:00-0500
End: 2026-04-28T16:15:00-0500

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Breaking Up a Monolith

Tuesday April 28, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm CDT

Studio 1-2

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Every RPG shop has them. Most developers avoid them like the plague. Large monolithic programs are a significant source of technical debt in all RPG shops. They limit your agility which in turn is detrimental to your business. So, once you are ready to deal with the issue, where do you start? There is no one answer, but there are steps you can take to begin dismantling and repurposing the code within these behemoths.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss steps to refactoring monolithic RPG programs 2. Learn common pitfalls to avoid 3. Learn how to organize extracted procedures for ease of use

Speakers

Brian May

Principal Technology Evangelist, Profound Logic

Professional IT Leader, Speaker and WriterSpecialties:Team Building, Development and RetentionTechnical SalesSolutions ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentEnterprise Systems Manufacturing ProcessesApparel IndustryAccounting Principles

Tuesday April 28, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm CDT
Studio 1-2

RPG, Programming: RPG

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COMMON POWERUp 2026

Brian May

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