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webbol

A minimal static web server written in COBOL

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What it is

A minimal static web server written in COBOL

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:03:16 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by 6-hour interval4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-09-29 11:32:40 UTC to 2025-10-04 06:46:29 UTC.

0122025-09-29 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-29 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsSep 29, 06:002025-09-29 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-29 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-29 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-30 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-30 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-30 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-30 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-30 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-30 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-01 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-01 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-01 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-01 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-01 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-01 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsOct 1, 18:002025-10-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-02 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-02 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-02 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-02 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-02 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-02 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-03 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-03 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-03 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-03 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-03 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2025-10-03 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-04 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-04 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-04 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 4, 06:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Sep 29, 06:002025-09-29 06:00:00 UTC2025-09-29 12:00:00 UTC110
Sep 29, 12:002025-09-29 12:00:00 UTC2025-09-29 18:00:00 UTC000
Sep 29, 18:002025-09-29 18:00:00 UTC2025-09-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 30, 00:002025-09-30 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-30 06:00:00 UTC000
Sep 30, 06:002025-09-30 06:00:00 UTC2025-09-30 12:00:00 UTC000
Sep 30, 12:002025-09-30 12:00:00 UTC2025-09-30 18:00:00 UTC000
Sep 30, 18:002025-09-30 18:00:00 UTC2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 1, 00:002025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-10-01 06:00:00 UTC000
Oct 1, 06:002025-10-01 06:00:00 UTC2025-10-01 12:00:00 UTC000
Oct 1, 12:002025-10-01 12:00:00 UTC2025-10-01 18:00:00 UTC000
Oct 1, 18:002025-10-01 18:00:00 UTC2025-10-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 2, 00:002025-10-02 00:00:00 UTC2025-10-02 06:00:00 UTC000
Oct 2, 06:002025-10-02 06:00:00 UTC2025-10-02 12:00:00 UTC000
Oct 2, 12:002025-10-02 12:00:00 UTC2025-10-02 18:00:00 UTC000
Oct 2, 18:002025-10-02 18:00:00 UTC2025-10-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 00:002025-10-03 00:00:00 UTC2025-10-03 06:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 06:002025-10-03 06:00:00 UTC2025-10-03 12:00:00 UTC000
Oct 3, 12:002025-10-03 12:00:00 UTC2025-10-03 18:00:00 UTC211
Oct 3, 18:002025-10-03 18:00:00 UTC2025-10-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 4, 00:002025-10-04 00:00:00 UTC2025-10-04 06:00:00 UTC000
Oct 4, 06:002025-10-04 06:00:00 UTC2025-10-04 12:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

4 sources
neoeno·Oct 3, 2025
Love to see fixed format mode in use :) For those who are unaware — you can use COBOL in two modes: free mode and fixed format mode. Fixed format mode is (afaik) the original, based on punch card affordances, and specifies specific columns for specific purposes: * The first 6 columns for line numbers * Column 7 for the indicator character (notably: * for comments as you can see here https://github.com/jmsdnns/webbol/blob/main/file-structs.cpy ) * Column 8-11 for special division markers, though they can extend beyond (visible in this file: https://github.com/jmsdnns/webbol/blob/main/webserver.cbl) * Columns 12-72 for ordinary COBOL statements * Columns 73-80 for programmer comments or whatever notes you like All the columns are undoubtedly a bit taxing to the modern developer and their tools, so 'free mode' which discards all the above is
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the suggested default. But, I think fixed mode is very charming, and if you're going to write COBOL in 2025, you may as well try to get the most authentic experience!
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