Know before your role does.
pssst. this is to sign up for updates on the game ;)
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Your job has an expiration date
May 25, 2028
In 1 year, 7 monthsUpdating legacy green screens until the business finally reboots entirely.
Still coding in free-form RPG, praying the DB2 stays.
Check another roleComment your opinionor JOIN THE RESISTANCE!
One human is building a game about fighting back.
Turning ancient spaghetti into cloud-native soup.






bzzt.youAI▸ LEGACYMIGRATE AI-8▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 1 YEAR, 7 MONTHSAI's Special Power
refactors nested dds files in milliseconds
You maintain fragile RPG/COBOL codebases while fighting CL programs. We are rewriting everything into microservices.
The one thing AI can't do
You are the only person who understands why that one specific job crashes every Tuesday.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 4
Our scanners map your entire monolithic source code structure automatically.
Month 5
AI breaks down your RPG routines into logical business modules.
Month 10
Codebase is translated to modern high-level languages automatically.
Month 15
DB2 tables are synced to high-speed cloud relational databases.
Month 19 · D-Day
The green screen is turned off and the server retired.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 96.3%
4.2 Million
Code lines migrated
3 cups
Coffee consumed per ticket
99.99 percent
System downtime saved
Your severance
A vintage mechanical keyboard and a retirement folder.
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