[Verse 1] There's a monolith that's grown too big to handle Every feature change becomes a major scramble Teams are stepping on each other's toes Technical debt just grows and grows But there's a pattern from nature we can borrow A gentle way to build a bright tomorrow [Chorus] Strangler fig, strangler fig Wrap around the old and grow Start small, then expand your reach Let the new system slowly grow Strangler fig, strangler fig Migrate safe, don't let it break Piece by piece, you'll take control While the old system stays awake [Verse 2] Like a fig that climbs an ancient tree We'll build new services gradually Route some traffic to the shiny code While the monolith bears the heavy load Each sprint we'll claim another domain Old and new work hand in hand again [Chorus] Strangler fig, strangler fig Wrap around the old and grow Start small, then expand your reach Let the new system slowly grow Strangler fig, strangler fig Migrate safe, don't let it break Piece by piece, you'll take control While the old system stays awake [Bridge] Start with edges, not the core Low risk features, nothing more Proxy requests, split the flow Watch the new services grow When you're confident and sure Remove the old, keep what's pure [Verse 3] Authentication service first to go User profiles next to show Shopping cart and payment too Microservices coming through The monolith gets smaller every day Until it finally fades away [Chorus] Strangler fig, strangler fig Wrap around the old and grow Start small, then expand your reach Let the new system slowly grow Strangler fig, strangler fig Migrate safe, don't let it break Piece by piece, you'll take control While the old system stays awake [Outro] Like nature's way of taking space Migration with a gentle grace Strangler fig shows us the path Avoid the big rewrite's wrath
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