Max Schulze-Berl, CPCC ACC's Linkedin Analytics

Are We Consulting on Elevator Conversations Now? A client reached out for help with "Smalltalk". My immediate thought: "Are we consulting on elevator conversations now?" Then it clicked. They meant Smalltalk - the programming language. But we weren't there to discuss line-by-line migration strategies. Because the real conversation isn't about moving old code to new platforms. It is about something far more critical: 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀. The business logic. The core purpose. The value it delivers. Business logic isn't just code - it's the DNA of your operations: 🔺Legal Requirements - What regulations must you comply with? 🔺Business Model & Strategy - How does this drive revenue? 🔺Industry Context - What competitive advantages does it provide? 🔺Technical Framework - What constraints shape the solution? 🔺Organizational Factors - How does it fit into your structure? 🔺External Stakeholders - Who depends on this system? The technology will evolve. Programming languages will change. Platforms will shift. But your business logic? That's your institutional knowledge. Your competitive edge. Your operational backbone. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲. Preserve and evolve the intelligence behind it. That's where real transformation happens. What is your way of modernizing? P.S. Video created with Genspark.ai

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: We're jumping into our first major hackathon using Bolt for AI-assisted development. I like to share which Best practices I've learned in the past months before the hackathon and see, what changes in those weeks now. And we can't wait to show you what we are building (of course related to Modernization). Let's see what we learn throughout our hackathon experience. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜-𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁?

𝗜𝗻 8 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 30% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. Every day, critical systems powering our banks, hospitals, and government services run on code written decades ago. The people who built these systems? 30% will retire by 2030. We're facing a knowledge exodus that could cripple the backbone of our digital society❗ 220 billion lines of COBOL code still power our financial systems. But who will maintain them when the experts are gone? This isn't just a technical problem. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: 🔺Banking transactions could slow or fail 🔺Insurance claims might face delays 🔺Government services could become unreliable 🔺Critical infrastructure may become vulnerable The solution isn't panic. It's planned modernization. AI can help automate code conversion and documentation. But here's the catch: the better we document and structure our systems now, while the experts are still here, the more effective AI assistance becomes. Organizations acting today are: 🔺Capturing institutional knowledge before it walks away 🔺Training next-generation developers 🔺Building AI-ready documentation 🔺Creating resilient systems for the future We have a window of opportunity. But it's closing. The question isn't whether to modernize. It's whether we'll act before the expertise walks out the door. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗽?

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗯𝗶𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀? We prepped for a big review this week and decided to try something different. Used Perplexity Deep Research to help with market research and also double checking our strategy and long-term plan. Afterwards asked claude.ai to create a whole site. With interactive charts. Dynamic displays. Actually looked pretty impressive. All data about our market ready to browse interactively. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. But then came the reality check: getting HTML5 content into PowerPoint is... not possible? Why can't I show a website inside PowerPoint natively? Ended up with switching to browser during presenting. 🤔 Got me thinking: What are people's experiences building presentations entirely in HTML with AI assistance? A whole interactive presentation? Anyone tried this approach? How did it go? Looking for practical insights - what worked, what didn't, any tools or workflows you'd recommend? P.S. Visual example is with mockup data - and fully interactive live. 😉 Leave a comment if you wanna see it.