BlueMonday1984Feb 23

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 1st March 2026

https://awful.systems/post/7380892

Show threadsamvinesFeb 24
IBM stocks take a tumble after anthropic release a COBOL skill - the rational market strikes again. Here’s my take
IBM stock tumbles 10% after Anthropic launches COBOL AI tool

IBM stock tumbles 10% after Anthropic launches COBOL AI tool

Investing.com
Show thread________Feb 24
cobol is old and scary, so a chat bot spitting out cobol that someone without grey hair cant fully comprehend is enough for them to deem it fully automated and defeat of the dinosaur. reality you are right, it wont move the needle.
Show threadBurgersMcSlopshot
It could produce the stupidest outcome though, where Claude finally manages to either destroy or leak the contents of (or both!) a business-critical system that nobody understands how to rebuild.
Feb 25 at 12:37pmWeb