Project4i Git Mode: what changes for your source
Project4i is preparing Git Mode, with the repository on your own IBM i's IFS and promotion from a commit. How it works and what to prepare.
Articles on IBM i and AS/400 — 22 articles
Integrated MFA in IBM i 7.6: benefits, risks, setup
What it actually adds to system security, which profiles cannot use it, and the setup procedure with the order to follow.
ACS 1.1.9.14: why this update cannot wait
IBM has released an ACS update closing known vulnerabilities. Why it cannot be postponed and how to check the installed version.
What the IBM i MCP server is
IBM has published an open source bridge between AI agents and Db2 for i. What it actually does, what it takes to run, and what authority it works with.
Project4i: what if sources had a project?
On IBM i there is no such thing as a project, only libraries. Project4i adds one on top of Code for IBM i, free and inside VS Code.
IBM i 7.6 TR2 and 7.5 TR8: what is in them
No revolution, but three or four things that take manual work off whoever administers the system. And one that concerns anybody sending mail from it.
IBM i is not an obsolete system: the objections one by one
The seven objections you hear in the meeting room, what is true in each, and where this platform is still the best choice. Including where it is not.
Printing without pain: a guide to output queues
"It will not print" is the most frequent report and the one with the fewest things to check: queue, writer, printer. In that order, and it takes two minutes.
Understanding journals and how to use them
The journal records every change to your data, with the time and the name of who made it. It exists for recovery, but day to day it mostly answers one question: who changed this record?