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The post discusses using an incremental... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/uncovering-the-seams-in-mainframes-for-incremental-modernisation-ntblsn0jq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NTBlSN0Jq.png og:image:alt: Uncovering the Seams in Mainframes for Incremental Modernisation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Uncovering the Seams in Mainframes for Incremental Modernisation **[Programming Digest](https://daily.dev/sources/programmingdigest)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Mainframe systems continue to run much of the world's computing workload, but adding new features can be challenging. The post discusses using an incremental approach to legacy displacement and the use of advanced codecs to reduce streaming costs and improve the user experience. 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