https://mecanik.dev/en/tags/legacy-modernisation/Recent content in Legacy Modernisation on [ MECANIK DEV ]Hugo -- gohugo.ioenCopyright © 2020-{year} by [ MECANIK DEV ]. All Rights Reserved.Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0100https://mecanik.dev/en/posts/cobol-to-python-migration-a-uk-enterprise-guide/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0100https://mecanik.dev/en/posts/cobol-to-python-migration-a-uk-enterprise-guide/COBOL powers an estimated hundreds of billions of lines of code still running in global financial systems, government infrastructure, and enterprise backends. In the UK, many of those systems are running in banks, insurance companies, public sector organisations, and large retailers. The developers who wrote them are retiring. The organisations running them are feeling the pressure. Python has become the migration target of choice for most COBOL modernisation projects, and for good reason.