How We Migrated Thousands of Repositories to SaaS With Developer Experience in Mind

Conference Day 2 - 22 May 2026 · 09:15-09:45 · Aula

Abstract

This talk shares how Booking.com planned and executed a large-scale migration of thousands of repositories from a self-managed Source Code Management environment to a SaaS-based platform, with developer experience at the center of every decision.

We’ll walk through the technical and organizational challenges of such a migration: enabling engineers to self-migrate their repositories, tracking progress using developer activity as a metric, and ensuring smooth progress through clear documentation and communication.

Attendees will gain practical insights into:
- Empowering engineers to take ownership of migrations through self-service
- Using developer activity to guide migration priorities
- Maintaining security and compliance while minimizing friction for developers
- Driving large-scale tooling change while keeping developer productivity and experience front and center

Whether you’re modernizing developer tooling, planning a large-scale SaaS migration, or navigating any complex enterprise technology change, this session provides practical insights and learnings that can inform other migration efforts.

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