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Strangler Fig Pattern
/ˈstræŋɡlər fɪɡ ˈpætən/
A migration pattern where new functionality is built around an existing system, gradually replacing it.
"We strangler-figged the legacy billing — new features go to the new service; old ones migrate one by one."
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