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sai18yesterday at 7:10 PM1 replyview on HN

That’s what we’ve seen with our customers. Some have only one or two COBOL developers left in some teams, and they are often the only people with the operational knowledge needed to keep these systems running.

They are either past retirement or about to retire in the coming years.


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ryandraketoday at 4:54 AM

Oh, great. Nobody left who knows the language + vibe coding + banking and financial transactions. What could possibly go wrong...? Good luck!