Step 08 of 8 Ongoing — especially the first 6 months post-migration· advanced
Step 8: Optimize and Stabilize
Tune performance, rationalize cost, build operational maturity, refine patterns. The migration is over — the platform owns the work now.
Recommended prompts
Use one of these to do the work in your IDE
Open the template to read it in full. Click Copy prompt to grab it (with your stack values pre-filled where they apply) — then paste into Claude Code, Cursor, or wherever you build.
Recommended skills
Drop these into Claude Code for this phase
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Recommended MCP configs
Wire these tools into Claude Code first
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When you're done
Verify these in your own work before moving on
This is a checklist for you to mentally tick off in your repo and IDE — the site doesn't track it, you do.
- Cost outcomes verified vs business case
- Performance acceptable on critical paths
- DQ trend improving
- Operational runbooks complete
- Team transitioned from "migration mode" to "platform ops mode"
Common pitfalls
What goes wrong at this step
- Skipping optimization — code shipped during migration is rushed; tech debt persists
- No retrospective — lessons not captured
- Treating optimization as one-shot — it's continuous
- No transition plan from project to ops — project team disbands; nobody owns the platform