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What's New with IBM-i BOB v2.0?
IBM i BOB v2.0 was released June 24, 2026 – just one day before my birthday! Coincidence? I don’t think so 😉 IBM BOB TWO is a major rebuild of IBM’s AI-powered development partner. It focuses on speed, agentic capabilities, and better enterprise workflows, with a dedicated Premium Package for i that brings IBM i-specific goodies. Core Architecture & Performance Upgrades Single unified Agent…
IBM BOB vs VSCODE AI - "Fix This RPG Program For Me"
Code Modernization, Upgrading, Refactoring with an AI Coding Companion – Which to use? I have been playing with a little experiment this week and I thought I would share the results while they are still fresh. The star of the show is a classic little RPGLE subfile program I wrote years ago, it’s languished in a dusty corner of my old hard drive for a few years. This is a column sortable subfile…
Debugging RPG with IBM BOB
DISCLAIMER: This is not my usual style of programming video. It’s long format, lots of me muttering at the camera while trying to fix some RPG code. I started recording with no idea if it would work or not. Spoiler – it did in the end. Also featuring an AI generated video, a growling version of me with fantastically lunatic hair. If you are a new programmer, or maybe considering a career in IBM-i…
IBM BOB vs VS Code: Is Using AI the Future of IBM i Development?
I think we all know that AI the Future of IBM i Development? Well, I reckon AI is absolutely going to be a big part of the future for IBM i development, but it is not going to wave a magic wand over decades of fixed-format RPG and turn everything into shiny free-format perfection overnight. Tools like IBM BOB are already showing real promise by helping us refactor legacy code, explain what that…
IBM BOB - The King of IBM-i Code Modernization?
If you have ever stared at a dusty fixed-format RPG III program from the 1990s and thought “there has to be a better way”, then IBM’s latest AI-powered sidekick might just be your new best friend. Meet IBM BOB (yes, that’s the official name now – Project Bob has grown up). BOB is IBM’s AI-first development partner, built right into a VS Code based IDE and tuned specifically for IBM i workloads.…
Asking IBM BOB to Help with the Tedious Programming Tasks
You know the drill. You fire up the IDE full of hope, and immediately get mugged by debugging hell, fossilized 90s RPG that smells of mothballs, pointless documentation, and soul-crushing code reviews. Absolute murder. Enter IBM BOB – my cheeky AI mate who actually enjoys hoovering up all that tedious programming guff for me. In this post I’m showing exactly how much time you can nick back by…
