May 18, 2023. blog. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Mechanical Orchard rebuilds vintage applications and then operates them efficiently and reliably. Why go to the trouble and expense of rebuilding if the vintage system isn’t broken?…
March 15, 2023. blog. I love it when ideas spread out. I have been working on a book on software design for four years.…
October 2, 2023. blog. Ward Cunningham told me about “technical debt” soon after he invented the phrase.…
March 29, 2023. blog. The cloud is supposed to make things easier, but there are still lots of hoops to jump through without getting tripped up. This guide is written from my own hard-earned experience on a recent project. I hope it can help you.…
October 2, 2023. blog. “There is only one way to eat an elephant: one bite at a time.” Attributed to notables ranging from St.…
June 21, 2023. blog. At Mechanical Orchard, we are strong proponents of the methodologies known as Extreme Programming (XP), and we embrace Pair Programming for the numerous benefits it provides.…
BLOG. Mainframe computers are widely deployed, especially amongst older, bigger American companies. They are robust, trusted and reliable. For older companies, they are the cornerstone of the computing infrastructure that they deploy.…
April 3, 2022. blog. Rob Mee. is CEO/Founder of Mechanical Orchard. He previously founded Pivotal Labs, and was CEO of Pivotal Software. As we start anew, a look back at where we came from.…
January 29, 2024. blog. They say trust is earned, but how do you trust your AI? On the Mechanical Orchard R&D team, we’ve been using AI as much as possible to help us understand and analyze complex legacy mainframe systems. [1]. [2].…
November 9, 2023. blog. Mechanical Orchard has gone from 0 to 60 in less than a year. We're remote, and spread across at least 6 time zones. Yet, our teams are operating and delivering customer results as if they were all in the same room.…