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A2 — Legacy code resurrection
- B2B technology
- Solo feasibility 2/10
- Money
- 5
- Fun
- 12
- Adjusted
- 17
The idea
A2 — Legacy code resurrection. AI-assisted COBOL/old-Java/Perl-monolith → modern stack migration with test harness generation. Comp: Anthropic Claude Code direct push (SSA $1B project, IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z), specialized consultancies, Azure Legacy-Modernization-Agents OSS. Wedge: Anthropic/IBM are eating the platform; deliverable wedge is still consulting + tooling — solo can land 1-2 6-figure contracts but not productize easily.
Score reasoning
- Feasibility — 2/10
- Enterprise sales, Fortune 500 access, multi-month cycles. Consulting is solo-doable but not a product.
- Best bet
- Enterprise sales, Fortune 500 access, multi-month cycles. Consulting is solo-doable but not a product.
- Raw scores
- Fun 4 + Tech 8 = 12 · Money 8 + Feasibility 2 − Competition 5 = 5 · Source: ai-ideas