Use Claude to modernize an established SSH gateway and write migration scripts
At a glance
Bastillion's maintainer used Claude to help modernize a long-running Java SSH gateway and produce its migration scripts. This workflow is listed under software-maintenance, database-migration, refactoring, ssh.
The maintainer described using a Claude subscription for maintenance, refactoring, encryption changes, third-party library upgrades and documentation. In the release discussion, they specifically credited Claude with writing the migration scripts.
How it went
The v5.1 release description includes a v4-to-v5 migration tool that moves users, systems, keys and audit logs and re-encrypts stored secrets.
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