When someone says mainframe teams are agile, I just imagine a batch job doing cartwheels across the data center floor
Mainframes are a different universe—while everyone else is sprinting, we’re double-checking line by line to make sure nothing extra gets undone
https://youtube.com/shorts/a5481gamBhQ
Find out more in Jack's Rant - Batch Job Blues - https://ithorrorstories.eu/#rants
#mainframe #agile #waterfall #devops #batch #technology #podcast
Mainframes power the enterprise.
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I just published the January report for open source software packages for Linux on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE 🐧
The team tested nearly two dozen projects, including doxygen, elastic Logstash, and PHP.
Elsewhere in the open source world, Apache Tika and WeKan began releasing s390x containers, and libdfp was on-boarded to our GitHub Actions service 🎉
Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2026/02/11/linuxone-open-source-report-january-2026 #mainframe
Bonus episode drop: Jack's Rants - Batch Job Blues.
When banking mainframe batch jobs go wrong, the whole morning feels it. Overnight runs, multiple transactions, very very waterfall.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts - https://links.ithorrorstories.eu/
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I was going to post a link to the discord we're using for development and forgot. Here it is, enjoy!
Computer Associates fue un gigante del software empresarial: creció comprando rivales, dominó los mainframes y alcanzó miles de millones en ventas. Su caída llegó con fraudes contables y escándalos. En 2018, Broadcom puso fin a su historia independiente.
#retrocomputingmx #HistoriaTech #software #mainframe #BigTech
"IBM's leader has trumpeted an AI-on-the-mainframe future as generative AI fills in the COBOL gap left by earlier generations of techies."
Learn what a mainframe computer is, its history, characteristics, examples, and why it remains vital in modern enterprise computing systems.
@mottg All the IBM mainframe folk on here will remember PRISM from the days of MVS.
I suppose, in a way, it is a good fit for AI rehashing a term previously used for something else.
#Mainframe
#mainframers what’s your emulator?
Decades of experience using PCOMM now I’m forced to use Micro Focus Reflection :/
My bloody insert key wasn’t working and other delightful remapping that awaits.
Looking for z/OS documentations, images, etc. Please DM !
#ibm #mainframe
How did we do at the end of 2025 as far as testing our current collection of open source software packages for Linux on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE?
It was a strong finish! The team worked on over two dozen packages, including cAdvisor, PostgreSQL, and SPIRE.
Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2026/01/21/linuxone-open-source-report-december-2025 #mainframe
I’ve been digging harder and harder into AI, mostly regarding historical information and synthesizing ancient history and language.
What it has come to remind me of was 46 years ago in 1980 at Cal Poly when I was submitting card decks to the big computer behind the wall.
Going live in 8 mins! 🎧 Spinning EDM @ 0500 UTC on Twitch & VRChat (Mainframe). Come vibe! 🔥
https://twitch.tv/DJKimberlyMcblaze
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#EDM #DJSet #LiveDJ #TwitchDJ #VRChat #VRClub #Mainframe #ElectronicMusic #DanceMusic #RaveVibes #NowSpinning #LiveMusic #DJLife #ClubVibes #DJ #music
Going live in 30 mins! 🎧 Spinning EDM at 05:30 UTC on Twitch or VRChat (Mainframe). Come vibe! 🔥
https://twitch.tv/DJKimberlyMcBlaze
https://vrchat.com/home/world/wrld_d6212f45-75e5-4473-92a9-90fb0075d9d3
#EDM #DJSet #LiveDJ #TwitchDJ #VRChat #VRClub #Mainframe #ElectronicMusic #DanceMusic #RaveVibes #NowSpinning #LiveMusic #DJLife #ClubVibes #DJ #music
Random Old Comic: Attention Whore https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2017/06/18/attention-whore/ Attention Whore #Chromedome #HotRod #Mainframe #Ravage #Rodimus #Swerve #Transformers
Nachher dann im #Mainframe in #Oldenburg zum #Silvester feiern? 🎆
Die haben dort schon Angst bekommen, das alle meine Follower kommen könnten, deswegen mache ich nur ein bisschen Werbung dafür. 😁
Es wird eine bunte Runde und so mag ich das. Es ist schon geöffnet. Einfach bei der grün leuchtenden Klingel klingeln, man muss dann etwas warten, bis jemand die Treppen runter kommt und auf macht.
Ich brauche noch ein bisschen, muss ja die Nacht durchhalten und noch einen Salat zubereiten. 🥗
@slava Thank You for sharing! And here's some more I found after jumping into rabbithole: https://domjant.hu/bricks/
