Shivam Patel

1/ Why are banks still running mission-critical systems on a 65 year old language? I spent the past few months digging into COBOL, the language quietly running financial services, and why modernization efforts so often fail. A few surprising things I learned:

9/ If any of this sounds interesting to you, I am happy to swap notes! DMs open.

8/ The irony? COBOL's original goal was readability. But its legacy (thousands of undocumented programs, deeply entwined) has become one of the most opaque systems in tech. LLM powered explainability might be the way out.

1/ Why are banks still running mission-critical systems on a 65 year old language? I spent the past few months digging into COBOL, the language quietly running financial services, and why modernization efforts so often fail. A few surprising things I learned:

@NWSBayArea any updates to this?

It's looking like the best chance to see anything would be between 2-5am...

Missed the aurora last night? You may have another shot tonight! The Space Weather Prediction Center is reporting additional flares that will impact Earth tonight. Best viewing is likely after 11pm. Here's some more info along with some tips. #CAwx #NorthernLights

@Book_of_MoyerMn can you create a v2 but for AirPods? I'll share with Top tomorrow

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@Book_of_MoyerMn @Starbucks Fair point, but higher on the priority list: @Starbucks learn to spell my name

I always forget how beautiful Fremont is until I visit for Christmas. Maybe I should move back here and get a house with a backyard, a minivan, and 2.5 kids

It's a shame what's happened to the Michigan v Ohio State rivalry... I remember back when it was competitive. #OSUvsMICH

Michael Lewis' next book is about Sam Bankman-Fried. Email from CAA confirms he has been embedded with him for last 6 months; note below was first sent to potential buyers for filmed rights. Scoop @TheAnkler theankler.com/p/hwood-ftx-fr…

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Me and karma vibe like that!

My pick is in! “Nicole” is album of the year @nikizefanya