OpenAI Puts COBOL Migration to the Test, and Its Newest Models Mostly Pass

OpenAI’s latest coding benchmarks show substantial improvements in handling COBOL, Fortran and other low-resource languages. But for DevOps teams modernizing legacy applications, translating code is only half the challenge. The real test is preserving business logic, arithmetic precision and production behavior…

Tom Smith Oct 21, 2026

Survey: AI Coding Tools Increase Open Source Software Dependencies

A survey of 307 enterprise technology leaders finds that as organizations rely more on artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools to build applications, they are simultaneously increasing the amount of open source software they are dependent on. Conducted by the market research firm Moving Horizon on behalf of ActiveState, a provider of a platform for accessing…

Mike Vizard Oct 21, 2026

mabl Adds Harness to AI Testing Automation Platform

Mabl today extended its test automation platform with a harness that, in addition to enforcing guardrails and testing standards for artificial intelligence (AI) agents, enables application development teams to better understand the impact of code changes before a pull request (PR) is made. Announced at a mabl Experience event, the extensions to the test automation…

Mike Vizard Oct 21, 2026

GemDB Extension Uses Code to Update Database

GemDB has introduced a Visual Studio Code extension that enables developers and AI coding agents to create, modify and persist database objects directly through Python code. With integrated Jupyter Notebook and MCP support, GemDB Code aims to eliminate traditional schema migrations, simplify database management and accelerate DevOps workflows…

Mike Vizard Oct 21, 2026

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