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Notes on AI-Generated Code, Legacy Modernization, and Software Governance

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Evidence, intent, governance

Categories

Modernization

How legacy systems become understandable, governable, and safely replaceable.

Verification

Deterministic evidence for every generated line, from source intent to modern output.

AI Governance

Operating principles for AI-assisted change after the first migration is complete.

Intent Models

Source-derived representations that make system behavior queryable before code is rewritten.

Field Notes

Short observations from real modernization programs and engineering reviews.

Engineering

Practical architecture notes for teams deploying generated code under evidence.

Archive

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AI Is Shipping Your Code Faster. What Does It Take to Accept It?

AI can write the code faster than any team can fully account for it. Each accepted change looks fine on its own, but architectural drift, and the understanding debt underneath it, compounds quietly until it doesn't.

Lindsay Britt

7 min read

Why COBOL to Java Migrations Stall at Sign-Off, and How Bounded Verification Fixes It

AI can generate COBOL to Java migrations fast, but production sign-off still requires a human reviewer's certification. This piece explains why unbounded review breaks down at scale, and how a bounded, source-traced evidence trail makes sign-off possible again.

Lindsay Britt

8 min read

Evaluating AI Modernization Vendors? Ask What Replaces the Two-Year Parallel Run

Prompt-derived AI can translate legacy code fast, but it can't replace the multi-year parallel run enterprises rely on for proof. Here's what can.

Lindsay Britt

6 min read

The Coverage Trap in AI Code Modernization

Coverage measures conversion, not completeness, and buyers find the gap once testing stalls. What disposition-based verification requires before cutover.

Lindsay Britt

7 min read

AI Can Rewrite Your Legacy System. It Can't Tell You What It Changed.

LLMs can generate legacy code migrations fast, but they can't demonstrate what they changed or account for what broke along the way. Here's why sampling and coverage reports fall short, and what deterministic verification actually requires.

Lindsay Britt

6 min read

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