COBOL
Coverage of COBOL in the Nexus archive.
- AI migrated legacy COBOL programs to Java, bugs included
An AI migrated legacy COBOL programs to Java, but the migration included bugs. The study is detailed in an arXiv paper and linked to a Hacker News discussion.
- Support newbie figured out how to avoid all-nighters, and his colleagues hated him for it
Lionel, a new analyst at a company operating IBM computer centers in the 1990s, developed a pre-process program to automate overnight COBOL batch processing fixes, eliminating his need for all-night shifts. His solution angered a colleague who relied on overtime pay from the overnight support roster.
- The short seller’s argument nobody on the coming mega IPO roadshow wants you to make
Anthropic and OpenAI are preparing high-valuation IPOs, targeting the top 15% of the AI market focused on enterprises with resources for advanced AI adoption. However, corporate buyers struggle to find ROI due to high costs and viable open-source alternatives, with potential revenue opportunities instead lying in modernizing legacy systems and expanding credit access in developing economies.
- Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL
Hypercubic is launching Hopper, an agentic development environment for mainframes, to bring AI tools to the mainframe and COBOL world. Mainframes still run critical infrastructure in banking, payments, insurance, and more. Hopper combines a real TN3270 terminal, mainframe-aware panels, and an AI agent to operate inside the mainframe environment.