r/cobol
9k members
r/cobol is a subreddit with 9k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses cobol, mainframe, programming, learning, and job.
Popular Themes in r/cobol
#1
Advice Requests
: "Is learning COBOL a terrible idea in 2026?"
12 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Requesting suggestions for a beginners COBOL project"
3 posts
#3
News
: "IBM stock drops 10% in cobol news"
3 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "The lowest Cobol experience required seems to be 2 years in my country"
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "I built a deterministic COBOL verification engine — it proves migrations are mathematically correct without AI"
1 post
#6
Opportunities
: "Looking for a lot of cobol developers!"
1 post
#7
Self-Promotion
: "Launching the OpenLegacy Community – Free Modernization software webapps"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/cobol
#1
Cobol
: "Cobol Devs Never Die — They Just Get Re-Contracted"
316 posts
#2
Mainframe
: "The future of Cobol and Mainframe"
80 posts
#3
Programming
55 posts
#4
Learning
: "Is Learning COBOL a terrible idea in 2026?"
47 posts
#5
Job
: "Getting a Job with COBOL self taught, no schooling."
46 posts
#6
Help
: "Help !"
25 posts
#7
Modernization
: "How do you decompose a COBOL application for maintenance or Modernization?"
22 posts
#8
Code
: "Are there Code bases of working COBOL systems on line?"
19 posts
#9
Development
: "The future of Cobol and mainframe"
17 posts
#10
Legacy
: "An open-source AI coding agent for Legacy code modernization (from COBOL to Java and more)"
15 posts
Member Growth in r/cobol
Yearly
+2k members(30.1%)
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Last updated: June 29, 2026