Software and services that help development teams use AI to migrate old code and connect coding agents to the tools developers already use.
LLM-assisted legacy code migration & dev-agent toolchains
Developers used an LLM to port a 1993 Amiga game and AI helped port a 250k-line legacy weather simulation to GPUs; a 17k-run study found Claude, Codex and Cursor favor simple tools (grep over LSP). SpaceX closed its Cursor acquisition and Ask HN asks who runs MCP in production—opening a space for simple agent tooling.
Projected Score
as a side gig ★★☆☆☆ (2/5)
no money or audience ★★☆☆☆ (2/5)
with both ★★★★☆ (4/5)
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The news behind it
- Sep 4, 2026 Hacker News (Algolia): Porting my 1993 Amiga game to Godot, with an LLM reading the 68000 assembly
- Sep 4, 2026 Hacker News (Algolia): Grep beats LSP? Why coding agents ignore your fancier tools
- Sep 4, 2026 Hacker News (Algolia): Which tools do Claude, Codex and Cursor choose? We measured 17k runs to find out
- Sep 4, 2026 Hacker News (Algolia): Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production?
- Aug 16, 2026 Hacker News (Algolia): AI-Assisted GPU Porting of a 250k Line Legacy Weather Simulation Code
- Aug 16, 2026 TechCrunch: SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition
