DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
www.wired.com
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.
  • ipkpjersi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Yep, months is a joke, doubly so when talking about tens of millions of lines of code and also COBOL specifically.

    This is going to be a hilarious disaster but not so hilarious when people who need the benefits need them and won’t be able to get them.