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Generative AI accelerates legacy system deciphering for 100-year-old company Kakuya

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Kakuya, a 100-year-old company, is modernizing its core systems using generative AI. Previously, understanding the legacy system, written in Visual Basic and Oracle, took an estimated 450 person-months. By employing AI tools, including Anthropic's Claude Code, Kakuya aims to decipher the system's business logic in approximately two months. This initiative was presented at AWS Summit Japan 2026, highlighting the potential of AI to accelerate the modernization of aging IT infrastructure. AI

IMPACT Accelerates modernization of aging IT infrastructure by reducing the time and cost of understanding legacy codebases.

RANK_REASON The article details the application of generative AI tools by a company to solve a specific IT infrastructure problem.

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Generative AI accelerates legacy system deciphering for 100-year-old company Kakuya

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 日本語(JA) · [email protected] ·

    Kakuya's 100-Year-Old "Unopenable Core System" Deciphered in 2 Months Instead of 450 Person-Months, Tackling "Reincarnation" with Generative AI: AWS Summit Japan 2026 (Page 1/2) A growing number of companies are introducing generative AI to renovate aging core systems. Even without design documents, AI can decipher source code and extract business logic. Human hands

    “開かずの基幹システム”、450人月→実質2カ月で解読 創業100年のカクヤス、生成AIで挑む「転生」：AWS Summit Japan 2026（1/2 ページ） 老朽化した基幹システムの刷新に、生成AIを持ち込む企業が増えている。設計書が残っていなくても、AIがソースコードを読み解き、業務ロジックを洗い出す。人の手では現実的でなかっ...

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