Project Bob, VS Code, and the Future of IBM i Development: What Managers Should Prepare For
☕ Today’s Coffee: Starbucks Single-Origin Sumatra Dark Roast Deep, earthy, and unshakably bold. The kind of roast that wakes you up and reminds you that something big is changing — whether you planned for it or not. That’s where the IBM i development world stands today. For years, modernization meant “rewrite everything,” “move off RPG ,” or “bolt a web UI onto the same old logic.” But now, we’re facing a genuine evolution — not of the platform, but of how we work on the platform. Project Bob is not just another editor. It’s not a plugin. It’s not another modernization promise that requires a six-month training program. Bob is the beginning of a new era. And the teams that prepare now will lead the decade ahead. Project Bob: The First Real Leap Forward in IBM i Development Project Bob is IBM’s new AI-powered IDE built for RPG developers . This matters. For decades, IBM i developers have lived in a split world: Modern tooling on distributed systems Aging tool...