In the Star Wars movies, starfighter pilots are commonly assisted by astromechs, a type of repair...
Author - Mark Schettenhelm
We’ve Seen This Before – Balancing the Cost of AI
The mainframe industry has always struggled with balancing resource costs against developer...
That New Mainframe Tool That Makes a Difference
Car mechanics are all about their tools. Their biggest expense when starting a repair shop is...
These Are Mainframe Development’s Good New Days
Sometimes, old-time mainframers get together and talk about the good old days. I was there; those...
Refactoring Mainframe Code to Accelerate Development
Keeping mainframe development moving at the speed required by the business can be a challenge. Many...
How to Respond Quickly to Runaway Abends
Many of us have experienced the phenomenon: New code reaches production and abends, then abends...
Shortcuts On the Path to Mainframe DevOps
Moving established mainframe development processes to DevOps can seem like a daunting task...
Mainframe DevOps and the Mother Road
In John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, he called Route 66, a well-known United States...
Gathering Clues in a Fraction of a Second—Batters and Developers
I was recently at a Detroit Tigers baseball game with my fellow BMC product managers. Watching the...
Top 4 Reasons Your Mainframe Team Needs ChatOps
In my career, I’ve witnessed workplace communication evolve with technology, transforming from...