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@oakey66@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

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@oakey66@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago
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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.
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    As long as Big Ballz is running things, I’m sure it will all be fine!

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