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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://phpc.social/@Crell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Crell</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://girldick.gay/@alina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alina</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/php" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>php</span></a> doesn't do any of that.</p><ul><li>It's worse than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a>!</li></ul>
Fl👀f, the nature observer.<p><span>Is </span><a href="https://cybre.club/tags/Python" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Python</a><span> a better version of </span><a href="https://cybre.club/tags/Basic" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Basic</a><span> or </span><a href="https://cybre.club/tags/COBOL" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#COBOL</a><span> ?</span></p>
0x0<p>Here's the customary <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>: i'm into <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a> and tolerate C++ on a daily basis at work, i've also used others like java, kotlin, python, PHP, etc and am curious about <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AdaLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdaLanguage</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/erlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>erlang</span></a>.</p><p>My dislike of jenkins is only surpassed by my hate of githubactions and everything MS-related. AI is not I, only A. I'm interested in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> stuff but atm that's a VPS with some sites, which doesn't really count. For now <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/syncthing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syncthing</span></a> is quite useful and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wireguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wireguard</span></a> is on the horizon once i reformat/reinstall my current <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gentoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gentoo</span></a> (i'll keep the root <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZFS</span></a> aproach and am on the fence regarding <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/XFCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XFCE</span></a> or <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a>), would be interesting to have a barebones <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/KVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KVM</span></a>/#QEMU running all the stuff and i digress.</p><p>kthxbai\0</p>
Peter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/fedibikes_de" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fedibikes_de</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ruhr.social/@Rad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Rad</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norden.social/@tluhh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tluhh</span></a></span> Klar, man könnte die Ampelschaltung anpassen. Aber ich nehme an, dass diese ebenfalls noch in Cobol programmiert wurde. Und wie wir alle aus der IT-Branche wissen, sind die letzten <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cobol</span></a>-Entwickler Anfang der 90er in Rente. Also besser Farbe beim Baumarkt kaufen. Ist halt billig 👍</p>
Wawuschel, toxic JägerJägerin<p>Foto-Challenge, Tag 7, Monat 2: Cover </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@Habrok42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Habrok42</span></a></span> empfiehlt das Buch... <a href="https://mastodon.catwuschel.com/tags/Cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cobol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.catwuschel.com/tags/NotJustWawuschelFotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotJustWawuschelFotos</span></a></p>
Fake Scrum Stats Memes & Humor<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/scrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scrum</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/scrumteam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scrumteam</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dev</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/developer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>developer</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ibm3180" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ibm3180</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/as400" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>as400</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IBMSystem360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBMSystem360</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ibmmidrange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ibmmidrange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ibmmainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ibmmainframe</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/OldSchoolCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldSchoolCoding</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/os400" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>os400</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/system36" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system36</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/system34" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system34</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/greenscreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenscreen</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meme</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a></p>
Autoerotic Defenestration<p>This article illustrates perfectly why I'm so fascinated by <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> and why I'm currently learning it.</p><p>I'd laugh my ass off if this could actually turn into a second career 🤣</p><p><a href="https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazine/cobol-controls-your-money" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazin</span><span class="invisible">e/cobol-controls-your-money</span></a></p>
Autoerotic Defenestration<p>[Benutzerin hat erfolgreich eine <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a>-Entwicklungsumgebung auf einem <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/SteamDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteamDeck</span></a> aufgesetzt]</p><p>[Benutzerin ist ein Nerd]</p>
Joachim Tuchel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@iX_Magazin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>iX_Magazin</span></a></span> was sind schon 30 Jahre? <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smalltalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smalltalk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sql" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sql</span></a> and many more…</p>
Autoerotic Defenestration<p>⬆️ hat grade ihr erstes <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a>-Programm geschrieben O.O</p>
Su-Shee<p>I remain deeply fascinated by software running for decades continuously and change over the years. </p><p>I might actually at this point really learn <a href="https://vis.social/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a>.</p><p>I'm however still wondering if "omg there's sooo much cobol still running" is true for europe - counter checking on e.g. job sites doesn't yield much. (Not as much as I expected?)</p>
Elizabeth K. Joseph<p>The hill I'll die on 😂</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/MayThe4thBeWithYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MayThe4thBeWithYou</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a></p>
Alexander Ondu<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://die-partei.social/@golem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>golem</span></a></span></p><p>Boah, Leute ernsthaft?</p><p>Natürlich wird diese Umstellung von <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> auf <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>java</span></a> scheitern. Es ist überhaupt nicht vorgesehen, dass das klappen soll.</p><p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> und <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> wollen nichts modernisieren. Ziel der Aktion ist es, diese laufende System kaputt zu machen. Nichts anderes. Je mehr kritische staatliche Infrastruktur zerstört wird, desto besser ist es Musk, <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> und Konsorten.</p><p>Da stehen keine ernsthaften Modernisierungspläne dahinter.</p><p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a></p>
Pia<p>"Compare the risks of introducing new and unproven technologies into important enterprise IT ecosystems to the fact that ancient <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23COBOL" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#COBOL</a>- &amp; <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FORTRAN-based" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FORTRAN-based</a> applications of enormous societal importance are still running today." <a href="https://www.solarwinds.com/blog/in-praise-of-maintenance-strategies-to-conquer-technical-debt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.solarwinds.com/blog/in-prai...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SSA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SSA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SSDI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SSDI</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23data" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#data</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23tech" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23security" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a><br><br><a href="https://www.solarwinds.com/blog/in-praise-of-maintenance-strategies-to-conquer-technical-debt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">In Praise of Maintenance: Stra...</a></p>
Autoerotic Defenestration<p>auf jeden Fall werde ich bei unserem nächsten Teamwork-Day einen Slot "<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> für Frontender" anbieten :-D</p>
Autoerotic Defenestration<p>soll ich meine <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a>-Journey verbloggen?</p>
Autoerotic Defenestration<p>Hab meiner Mutter erzählt, dass ich mit dem Gedanken spiele, aus Jux <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> zu lernen.</p><p>Ihr erster Gedanke war, dass ich mir das doch von meinem Arbeitgeber bezahlen lassen könnte 😂 </p><p>(bin Frontend-Entwicklerin)</p>
Ross of OttawaUniformed pondering re Vatican
cs<p>The Coding Language Caught in DOGE's Crosshairs </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://saturation.social/@clive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>clive</span></a></span> speaks to Brooke Gladstone about <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> and manages to touch upon the gendered roles of coding and tag <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GraceHopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GraceHopper</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FlowMatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlowMatic</span></a> on his way to explaining why “modernizing” old code on this scale cannot be done in a few months, why old code works well, and why <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> won’t necessarily help them do it well. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OnTheMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnTheMedia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/the-coding-language-caught-in-doges-crosshairs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/a</span><span class="invisible">rticles/the-coding-language-caught-in-doges-crosshairs</span></a></p>
yianiris<p>What's the deal with "tech" industry, aren't there other industries? Is it because it is the only industry left in EU/UK/US while manufacturing has moved? Or because it is fashionable more profitable?</p><p>Because it pays well at the moment? So did <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> programming and stick welding</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@JennyList" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JennyList</span></a></span></p>