Will software engineering profession die in the age of AI? IBM stock bleeds as Claude Code writes COBOL scripts. What it means for techies

AI agents like Claude Code are reshaping software development by automating legacy modernisation and routine coding. A recent ‘casualty’ of this was the legendary firm IBM, whose stocks fell.
Computing

AI can rewrite COBOL and IBM investors are panicking

A blog post by Anthropic pointing out that Claude Code can refactor legacy COBOL applications appears to have sent IBM’s share price down by double ...
Securities.io

Anthropic’s Claude Code vs COBOL: IBM Investors React

While Anthropic’s Claude Code grabbed headlines, IBM has been deploying its own generative AI solution, Watsonx Code Assistant for Z, designed to modernize the very mainframes it built. Unlike general ...
InfoQ

Cilium at Ten Years: Stronger Encryption, Safer Policies, and Clearer Visibility for Large Clusters

Cilium 1.19 has been released, marking ten years of development for the eBPF-based networking and security project. There isn’t a flagship feature in this release; instead, it focuses on security ...
InfoQ

Achieve Optimal Efficiency for Your Developer Experience Teams

Fabien Deshayes discusses the strategies behind Monzo’s Developer Velocity squad. He explains the "Platform as a Product" mindset, emphasizing the need for engineers with product acumen and tenure. He ...