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COBOL Modernization Tools Compared: IBM ADDI, CAST, Blu Age, and CoreStory

May 15 · 11 min read · TL;DR COBOL modernization isn't a single-tool problem. It has four distinct phases (understand, extract, migrate, validate) and different tools serve each phase. IBM ADDI and CAST Imaging are built fo

How to Build a Knowledge Graph from Enterprise Source Code

May 15 · 10 min read · TL;DR A code knowledge graph transforms a codebase from a collection of text files into a structured, queryable model of how the system actually works. The architecture involves five phases: AST parsi

MCP Servers for Codebase Context: How AI Coding Agents Access Code Intelligence

May 15 · 11 min read · TL;DR Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the open standard for connecting AI agents to external tools and data sources. For software teams, the most valuable MCP server isn’t for Slack or Postgres — it’s

Best Tools for Understanding Large Legacy Codebases in 2026

May 15 · 10 min read · TL;DR Understanding a large legacy codebase requires more than search and navigation. The tools available in 2026 fall into four categories: navigation tools (Sourcegraph, OpenGrok) that help you find

The AI-Native Code Intelligence Stack: Where the Wiki Ends and the Graph Begins

May 15 · 12 min read · TL;DR If you are a developer just starting to take "codebase context" seriously, you are stepping into a stack that did not exist three years ago. It has four layers: the agent harness (Claude Code, C