In a meeting earlier today and a semi-techie project manager was asking about IBM i job run priorities. He had some firm ideas that every job should run lower than priority(20) to run faster… not quite right of course… so lets give it a quick overview: Why do batch (aka background) jobs run at 50?

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This is something that hits all of IBM i community members right in the gut. That moment when the system whispers, “I’m running out of room,” and we need answers fast! WRKSYSSTS shows the ASP creeping toward 100%, the phone starts ringing, and the usual suspects (big libraries, old spool files, journal receivers) aren’t the

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The more I use Visual Studio Code the more I like it. (NOTE The same applies to IBM BOB – which is VS-Code under the covers) Here are my top 10 reasons I find this such a useful programming tool: VS-Code is the ideal choice for IBM i developers.VS Code is an ideal choice for

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