A 1959 programming language, COBOL, is powering global finance and government systems. As experienced programmers retire, companies face a talent crisis. This has created a lucrative opportunity for new developers learning this older skill. Banks and agencies are paying top salaries to maintain these vital systems. AI is also being explored to help manage COBOL code.
Also: The newer, the more complex, the more complex the more open to attacks, the more open to attacks the more vulnerable.
I’d choose this approach too. Basically unhackable with totally no backdoors.
If it works, don’t fix it.
I don’t think the money is the problem. Because one can always do a shadow or A/B deployment.
I bet it is to do with unreliability of migrations and the general fact that new tech is a bit jank.
Also: The newer, the more complex, the more complex the more open to attacks, the more open to attacks the more vulnerable. I’d choose this approach too. Basically unhackable with totally no backdoors. If it works, don’t fix it.