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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months

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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months

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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
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Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27501204

  • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown
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    25•3 months ago

    I wonder if it will be web scale

    • @[email protected]
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      8•3 months ago

      How does that have less than a million views? My team and I quote/use/reference it so often.

    • @[email protected]
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      7•3 months ago

      Yes. Because they’ll store everything in MongoDB.

    • @[email protected]
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      9•3 months ago

      That takes me back

    • @[email protected]OP
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      Every time I watch it, I giggle 🤭

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        Idk, something about the words “web scale” just sounds too funny

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