By WFMZ.com
Publication Date: 2026-04-27 04:55:00
While AI assistants generate the code, most IBM i shops have no pipeline to get it to production safely
AI tools are real, and they work…the tools are only as good as the pipeline behind them. If you don’t have a real DevOps foundation on IBM i, AI-generated code is just more risk.”
— Daniel Magid, CEO, Eradani
DUBLIN, CA, UNITED STATES, April 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — AI coding tools are arriving on IBM i. IBM Bob launched last month. Anthropic’s Claude and ChatGPT have shown real capability with RPG. Early results are promising. However, as IBM i shops start evaluating these tools, a practical problem keeps coming up: the development foundation most shops are running wasn’t built for this.
Eradani is at COMMON POWERUp 2026 in New Orleans this week to talk about that problem, and what to do about it (Booth #305).
AI coding tools need source code…
