The document discusses refactoring a Spring application to use reactive approaches. It begins with an overview of reactivity and its benefits compared to blocking implementations. The refactoring process involves 3 main steps: 1) Refactoring the design to use a push model with streaming APIs instead of pulling data; 2) Choosing reactive tooling like Project Reactor, Spring WebFlux and non-blocking drivers; 3) Refactoring the code to use asynchronous and non-blocking implementations, updating contracts to use reactive types like Mono and Flux, and handling errors through retry operators. Examples show converting services to return reactive streams and consume external APIs asynchronously.