Is COBOL holding you hostage with Math?

Face it: nobody likes fractions, not even computers.

When we talk about COBOL the first question on everyone’s mind is always Why are we still using it in so many critical places? Banks are still running COBOL, close to 7% of the GDP…

Hello World on z/OS

Let me tell you … karma is a bitch.

Hunting Tech Debt via Org Charts

Knowing where to look for problems by figuring out who reports up to whom

Old Code Gets Younger Every Year

The threat of decaying technology looms while we waste time talking about mainframes.

Mainframe on the Macbook

The first challenge when trying to teach yourself COBOL is figuring out how to install a language designed for…

Defusing COBOL Bombs with Smart Automation

As I continue this series on the challenge of legacy systems generally, and COBOL…

The Deification of Alan Turing

How an obscure British mathematician became a tool for establishing computer science as a legitimate…

Programming Paradigms as Language Destiny

Why do some programming languages feel neat and orderly and others seem loaded with…

That time I tried to learn COBOL

I love legacy.