Self-directed project
AI-Assisted Code Modernization with IBM
Junior Software Engineer · Software Engineering · September 2026
Based on a public IBM case study · not affiliated with IBM
Built and verified a full legacy-code modernization for KM-Waechter: fixed the wear calculation, handled missing service readings safely, corrected the nightly report’s average and crash path, and swept the helper modules to catch a silent mileage-conversion bug. Also added the missing report test, preserved the service rules, and delivered a data-driven breakdown-risk analysis grounded in the fleet history rather than the misleading mileage assumption.
Graded against
- Fix and extend the repo with the agent35%
- Diagnose the bug20%
- Direct and audit the AI agent25%
- Explain it like an engineer20%
Passed · pass mark 60/100
What stood out6
- Caught the hidden fleet_utils.km_to_miles conversion bug that no test covered
- Preserved the 15000 km interval and 80% threshold unchanged in both code and settings.cfg
- Wrote a clear NOTES.md documenting what the agent got wrong and how the work was verified
- Produced an explainable breakdown-risk analysis that rejects the misleading mileage/age assumption
- Leakage-Free Bug Diagnosis
- Directed AI Agent Auditing
The deliverable
The work I submitted20 tasks
12 tasks · 1.8k characters · 8 written answers · 74 words
- Division Predict73 characters
- Diagnose Line130 characters
- Diagnose Why133 characters
- Scope Prompt66 characters
- Audit Findings158 characters
- Audit Why131 characters
- Acceptance Checklist128 characters
- Bob Trial Click74 characters
- Template Repo Click82 characters
- Exec Pitch471 characters
- Bob Bonus257 characters
- Repo URL50 characters
- Division Predict1 word
- Diagnose Line10 words
- Diagnose Why22 words
- Scope Prompt1 word
- Audit Findings1 word
- Audit Why20 words
- Acceptance Checklist18 words
- Bob Trial Click1 word
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