COBOL
PulseAugur coverage of COBOL — every cluster mentioning COBOL across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
4 day(s) with sentiment data
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CTO Charity Majors: AI is now foundational to software engineering
Charity Majors, CTO of Honeycomb, has evolved her perspective on AI's impact on software engineering, moving from skepticism in 2025 to recognizing it as a generational change by 2026. She believes AI is becoming a foun…
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AI migrates COBOL to Java, introducing bugs · 3 sources tracked
An artificial intelligence system has been used to migrate legacy COBOL programs into Java code. This automated migration process, however, introduced bugs into the resulting Java programs. The findings were published o…
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AI's potential to reshape programming echoes SQL's impact on COBOL
The article draws a parallel between the advent of SQL and the potential impact of AI on programming. It suggests that just as SQL automated tasks previously performed by COBOL programmers, AI tools like those from Open…
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IBM advances POWER architecture with new AI and entry-level systems
IBM has announced new advancements in its POWER architecture, focusing on AI, automation, and COBOL. The company is bringing its Power11 technology to entry-level systems with the new IBM Power S1112, which also offers …
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AI developers decry 'slop' as corporate malice, not honest mistakes
The author expresses strong dissatisfaction with the current state of AI development, particularly concerning what they term "slop" in AI systems. They contrast this with the Millennium Bug, which they view as an honest…
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Budapest startup Kodesage raises $6.6M for AI legacy software modernization
Kodesage, a startup based in Budapest, has secured $6.6 million in seed funding. The company plans to use this investment to develop an on-premise AI platform. This platform will focus on modernizing legacy software sys…
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AI accelerates legacy system modernization for enterprises
Many enterprises struggle with legacy software, with up to 70% of IT budgets spent on maintenance rather than innovation. Outdated systems, often written in languages like COBOL, pose security risks, slow down operation…
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CoreStory uses AI to extract business rules from COBOL code
Extracting business logic from legacy COBOL code presents a significant challenge due to its complex, interwoven nature across numerous programs and data definitions. While traditional static analysis tools like IBM ADD…
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Hypercubic launches Hopper agentic interface for mainframes
Hypercubic has launched Hopper, an agentic development environment designed for mainframes and COBOL. This tool allows AI agents to interact with legacy systems, enabling tasks like navigating TN3270, inspecting dataset…
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AI documentation is like COBOL: voluminous, unreadable, and likely AI-generated
The author argues that files like AGENTS.MD, PROMPTS.MD, and SKILLS.MD represent the COBOL of the AI era, filled with excessive, unreadable text. They suspect over 90% of this content is AI-generated rather than human-w…
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AI modernizes Rails apps, but user needs remain a communication challenge
A session will explore strategies for modernizing Ruby on Rails applications using AI to address technical debt and scalability issues. The session will cover how AI can reverse-engineer undocumented knowledge, automate…
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Developers debate AI's impact on junior coders and future of software development
A software developer on Hacker News expressed concern that junior engineers are overly reliant on AI tools like ChatGPT, leading to code that is difficult to read and maintain. This reliance, they argue, may hinder the …
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Replit awards $5,000 to Template Jam 2022 winners
Replit has announced the winners of its Template Jam 2022 contest, distributing $5,000 in prizes to top template creators. The contest featured two phases: an initial judge-selected phase and a second phase where commun…