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Re:Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @07:39PM (#48116005)
We have tried REXX and Assembler and they work decently, but have yet to try PL/I.
Re:Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:30PM (#48114102)
Hi! I agree we should have a profile page on website.

Btw, this is Aayush and I was at Apple for almost four years and Sai was there for three. And we have Kevin as our founding engineer who has almost a decade of experience and has worked at Cognition and Windsurf.

Re:Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @01:40PM (#48111589)
We don't currently support Hercules, but we are providing free access to a mainframe for people to try out.
Yeah, we've heard the same "big bang" story a bunch of times as well. However, step 1 (extensive test suite) is often missing and is something you'd have to do as part of the modernization effort as well. Overall, it is a pretty hairy and difficult problem.