# Guides

Learn more about Java application modernization, microservices, and cloud migrations in these how-to guides and reports.

## Featured Guide

### [Can Kiro refactor an 8M LoC app? Learn how to give it architectural refactoring superpowers.](/content/resources/driving-ai-adoption-on-aws/index.html)  
Code assistants hit a wall with complex, legacy applications. This guide shows how vFunction gives Kiro and other AI code assistants the architectural context needed to refactor and modernize at scale.

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- AI
- Application Modernization
- Architectural Observability
- Cloud Migration
- Culture
- Ecosystem
- Microservices
- Monolith Transformation
- Technical Debt

## Additional Guides

**Move beyond stalled migrations and unlock real cloud value**  
  
**Eliminate Windows licensing by modernizing .NET applications on AWS**  
  
**Unblock stalled migrations and modernize to container-based services**  
  
**2026 Application Modernization Buyer’s Guide**  
  
**UK Edition: 2025 Architecture in Software Development Report**  
  
**2025 Architecture in Software Development. Rethinking the Role of Architecture in the Age of AI.**  
  
**5 Signs You’ve Built a Secretly Bad Architecture**  
  
**Ending Microservices Chaos**  
  
**Conquering Software Complexity: Conventional Approaches and Emerging Solutions**  
  
**The secret to more reliable and scalable applications**  
  
**Microservices, Monoliths, and the Battle Against $1.52 Trillion in Technical Debt**

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