# Jack's Rants - Batch Job Blues - Why Mainframes And Banks Still Rule The World

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Podcast: [IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626)
Published: 2026-02-10T10:58:00+00:00
Episode link: https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/jacks-rant-batch-job-blues/
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Duration seconds: 555

## Resource

Jack's Rants dives into the world of banking mainframes and the batch jobs that quietly keep everything moving — until one of them doesn't. What starts as a routine overnight run turns into a multiple transactions on thousands of accounts that didnt happen in the real world, but the mainframe says something else. Want even more info ? Read our show notes and related blog post related to this episode : https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/jacks-rant-batch-job-blues/ All other links and socials : https://links.ithorrorstories.eu/ 00:00 Rant Kickoff 01:23 Transaction Glitch 03:14 Batch Job Drama 05:23 Mainframe Pros 07:33 Wrap Up

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