Self-directed project
AI-Assisted Code Modernization with IBM
Junior Software Engineer · Software Engineering · October 2026
Based on a public IBM case study · not affiliated with IBM
Built and verified a complete legacy-code modernization for a fleet-maintenance service: corrected the wear calculation, handled missing service readings safely, fixed the nightly report’s averaging and crash behavior, and swept helper modules for a silent mileage-conversion bug. Also added the missing regression test, modernized the code style, and produced a data-driven breakdown-risk analysis that prioritizes km_since_service, daily usage, and load factor over misleading mileage assumptions.
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
- Fixed the hidden helper-module mileage conversion bug that no test explicitly caught
- Added the missing regression test for a car with no last-service reading
- Wrote a breakdown-risk analysis that explicitly rejects the misleading odometer/age hypothesis
- Documented the agent’s mistakes and the verification steps in NOTES.md
- Leakage-Free Bug Hunting
- Verified AI Output Auditing
The deliverable
The work I submitted20 tasks
12 tasks · 2.2k characters · 8 written answers · 103 words
- Division Predict72 characters
- Diagnose Line130 characters
- Diagnose Why207 characters
- Scope Prompt66 characters
- Audit Findings158 characters
- Audit Why208 characters
- Acceptance Checklist226 characters
- Bob Ready60 characters
- Template Repo Click82 characters
- Verify Report71 characters
- Exec Pitch599 characters
- Bob Bonus297 characters
- Division Predict1 word
- Diagnose Line10 words
- Diagnose Why30 words
- Scope Prompt1 word
- Audit Findings1 word
- Audit Why28 words
- Acceptance Checklist31 words
- Bob Ready1 word
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