Visual FoxPro to Python: A Migration Story

Respecting the Legacy

Visual FoxPro systems run the world's SMEs. They are fast, data-centric, and incredibly sticky.

Migrating them is not just about code translation; it's about preserving business logic accumulated over decades. My approach involves building 'strangler fig' architectures—wrapping the legacy core with modern Python APIs (FastAPI) to gradually replace functionality without downtime.