COBOL processes $3 trillion in daily commerce.
Billions in global transactions still rely on a programming language from 1959 that almost no one under fifty knows how to code. It is the story of how technical debt became the load-bearing pillar of the modern financial system.
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Analysis of COBOL's role in processing $3 trillion in daily commerce.
The technical challenges of migrating legacy banking systems.
The demographic crisis of retiring COBOL programmers.
How AI tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot are being used for legacy modernization.
Case studies including the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the New Jersey unemployment system.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Three Trillion Dollar Ghost2 min
- 03The Architecture of Permanence3 min
- 04The Demographic Time Bomb2 min
- 05The AI Hail Mary3 min
- 06Outro1 min
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