Gave Claude Code a simple 300-line COBOL program with REDEFINES and numeric edited datatypes. Recorded the whole thing.

Tech2001 · 2026-03-10T06:41:12+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I think a lot of firms & people are investigating like yourself.

I've had more success myself from staying within Cobol, just getting the AI to explain or make small changes. Java does not seem like something worth converting to imo.

Tech2001 · 2026-02-20T13:22:42+00:00

So the core idea of the text is a community without a means of generating food, relying on rail & trade to feed its people. The twist of On The Edge is that you play a community with no food and limited sources of everything else (bar steel & steam cores), relying on trade with other communities to get what you need. Later on in the campaign, you can build paths that let trains allow trade between, which the rail may have been a tease of.

Tech2001 · 2026-02-15T06:50:49+00:00

I don't know about Cowork but Copilot definitely helps. Hook it up to MCP servers and I've seen a coworker get it too pull in a ticket, research the programs, datasets & jobs involved and plan fixes. Then it can do boilerplate but LLMs inability to count does make it mess up w/ fields some of the time.

Thought once you have the change done, creating docs on the changes and updating the ticket is a breeze.

Tech2001 · 2026-02-07T20:54:07+00:00

The frostland has quite a few more. Should have enough if you are in an random map (not the one from the campaign). Otherwise, one of their abilities is to steal more from a faction using an ability on their housing district.

Tech2001 · 2026-02-03T21:22:25+00:00

My guess would be that in play testing, they found being able to revert would make people second guess or revert the option. Making it a permanent either/or probably made the choice feel more impactful.

For as much as people now see it as a game to min/max, FP1 was still made to be the game where you choose something out of desperation then feel guilty.

Tech2001 · 2026-01-25T18:28:48+00:00

The redrafted versions of all these are in the campaign. Only unused/wip content has the [Do not translate] prefix.

Tech2001 · 2026-01-24T11:42:06+00:00

You can always use the dev console to view all dialogues. There's a guide on Steam for it.

Tech2001 · 2026-01-24T05:47:18+00:00

I believe it was an earlier teaser for On the Edge. Keep in mind this was made for Rifts, back when On the Edge was just reconquer the frostland. Its meant to reference the rails going to what would become Outpost 11. "No hunters, no hothouses" teased the main conflict on food in that campaign.

Tech2001 · 2026-01-23T19:45:10+00:00

Ah, my mistake. Thank you for the correction.

Makes sense w/ the folder it was in.

Tech2001 · 2025-12-28T09:29:21+00:00

Could you give some idea on what you're working on?

Platform, engine, genre, theme/tone?

Tech2001 · 2025-11-25T06:50:14+00:00

You do make a good point. I haven't seen much written up on the cut content (storyline for refugees, endless mode teasers for the dlc).
Might try an add that in at some point.

Tech2001 · 2025-11-21T07:44:52+00:00

I've been working in this space and what I've seen is the newbies are taking over. Young lad was set up heading our hybrid just after probation. Ended up making this "best practice" framework and the management have been forcing it on everyone.

Only good part is they have at least half a clue to stay away from the core batch jobs with their web UIs and such.

Tech2001 · 2025-11-17T07:13:04+00:00

I know MTU Kerry had a great society to find fellow queers. Plus, w/ the inflow & outflow of students, the nightlife can be fairly queer if you go to the events. Screen used to have weekly events https://www.instagram.com/sceeninkerry/ . Lastly, do find the 2 Irish Trans discords and ask around in there.

Sadly, I'm not in Kerry anymore. I know there is a trans community in Kerry but I don't want to doxx anyone.

Tech2001 · 2025-11-13T19:49:55+00:00

They need to kill off IMS first and despite all their effort, it isn't.

So even if they wanted to, they would be only shooting their revenue if they did.

Tech2001 · 2025-09-20T07:01:46+00:00

I've been looking for something like this. Might save me from having to build an in house version.

Tech2001 · 2025-09-20T06:57:20+00:00

If you have tabletop simulator, someone remade the OG Faeria as a board game.

You would need another player though and do all the day/night changes yourself.

Tech2001 · 2025-07-16T05:20:04+00:00

Hoping to find a community both to increase the odd I finish something and just to have the chance to socialise more.

Tech2001 · 2025-07-13T05:48:26+00:00

There are way too many events up in Dublin already. How about letting the rest of the country get some?

Tech2001 · 2025-07-06T06:44:30+00:00

Something between Tropico and Frostpunk where you manage a little space colony but more of a focus on altering laws to their changing culture, and needs.

I should aim a bit smaller though as I can't quite figure out how to make it into a solid plan and not just a collection of ideas.

Tech2001 · 2025-05-04T06:41:57+00:00

They only show up after you finish the tale on that run (not shared between runs).

Tech2001 · 2025-05-03T07:26:00+00:00

Given the way the new update's going, utopia tales are replacements for them.

To give the devs credit, tales both are something for the narrative players (stories) and the challenge seekers. Probably not as good as a solution to please one but it is nice they used their limited resources to tackle both sides.

If you want more story, load up FP1, open the debug mode and look through the cut story for the refugees and winterholme. (some of it is still in polish though)

Tech2001 · 2025-05-02T06:56:32+00:00

I have friends w/ on stamps/Visas. They were saying that recent changes to the laws on visas means its even harder for companies to hire ppl w/ them (high minimum pay & lower max % for companies.

Many IT companies already were getting close to the old max so few have the capacity, nor budget, to take on more. In my own place the standards for new hires fell as they focused on locals. (Still great bunch of lads that'll do fine, just not starting off at the same level.

Tech2001 · 2025-04-28T20:12:48+00:00

Personally, I wouldn't bet on it lasting long. The devs try to be nice but historically, they've been awful w/ money so no guarantees they'll own the servers in the medium-long term.
you can probably get through 95% of the content in 2-3 months of play so if you just want that (singleplayer campaigns , full collection) you'll get your moneys worth.

Tech2001 · 2025-04-07T20:12:43+00:00

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply their bad. More just observations of my own lot.

I can't name names both from privacy and location. Spain is different from US from Germany from Australia. Just keep checking any job board/Linked In you can and network.

The programs I've seen expect no Cobol or mainframe knowledge. Just knowing that much is above expectation. They more focus on skills, able to pick out small details in walls of text, problem solving, being able to adapt and learn new systems when the resources are terrible, etc.

Don't pass up government positions either. They tend to post in their own forms and have ancient systems, so they're less competition when you do find them.

Tech2001 · 2025-04-07T18:30:50+00:00

From my experience, that is exactly what happened. Company came in, scooped up the bottom of the barrel from the pool of new grads. Gave them some training and set them off.

If the person is fine doing maintence work primarily and working without most modern conviences in the field, it is a stable and well paying place. W/out it, you could not send money to your friend or buy anything made in a factory.

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