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Legacy Delphi Software Restoration.

Technical debugging and compatibility work involving Delphi, third-party components, database connectivity, build errors, and legacy application compilation.

The original idea

Recover useful software from the distance between an old development environment and a modern machine.

My role & decisions

Investigation, error isolation, compatibility reasoning, dependency tracing, build troubleshooting, and deciding what to try next when documentation is thin.

How AI was used

AI helped search the space of possible causes, explain unfamiliar compiler and component behavior, propose experiments, and turn error output into a sequence of tests.

Technical challenge

Legacy systems carry hidden assumptions: versions, components, database drivers, build paths, and environment details that newer tooling no longer makes visible.

Solution / implementation

The project record covers Delphi, third-party components, database connectivity, build errors, and compatibility work. It is represented as a technical case record rather than a polished product launch.

Verified outcome

A troubleshooting thread with the implementation state and final recovery result still requiring a public evidence pass.

  • Delphi
  • Compatibility
  • Database connectivity
  • Debugging