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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days 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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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

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

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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refactor is one thing, rewrite everything in a new language is another thing.
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  Yet it’s the thing every junior dev wants to do as they gain more experience.

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