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.
  • Telorand@reddthat.comEnglish
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    3 months ago

    How this will go:

    “Okay Grok. Convert this COBOL code into Python.”

    “Certainly! Here you go.”

    System crashes and exposes all Americans’ SSNs

    “Fuckin’ DEI hires…!”