# "Just rewrite it": What platform teams really think about modernization

DevFeed: ["Just rewrite it": What platform teams really think about modernization](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/just-rewrite-it-what-platform-teams-really-think-about-modernization-17637.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://thenewstack.io/nutanix-dual-native-architecture/>)

Author: Aarthi Mahesh

Published: 2026-08-06T16:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Kubernetes Overview, News and Trends | The New Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kubernetes-overview-news-and-trends-the-new-stack.md>)

Topics: [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [on-prem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/on-prem.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [ai-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-infrastructure.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [legacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legacy.md>), [modernization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modernization.md>), [nutanix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nutanix.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post.md>), [sponsor-nutanix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sponsor-nutanix.md>), [sponsored](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sponsored.md>), [sponsored-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sponsored-post.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that platform teams often operate separate cloud-native/Kubernetes and virtual-machine environments, creating duplicated infrastructure, expertise, governance, and costs. It contends that rewriting mission-critical applications is often not a practical modernization strategy and recommends retaining them while expanding cloud-native platforms.

## Source excerpt

Mergers, acquisitions, and the steady churn of business and technology initiatives are creating something nobody asked for: Duplicate infrastructure and The post "Just rewrite it": What platform teams really think about modernization appeared first on The New Stack.