DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase 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.
This kind of rebuild-the-complex-system-from-scratch thing is always really tempting, and generally a complete disaster.
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tHEy wOn’T TouCh sOCiAL SecUriTy, thAT’s CraZy
-so, so many people that I’ve talked to.
Stop being surprised. They made a playbook. The posted it online 5 years ago. They said they’d follow it. They are following it. They will continue to follow it. This is not a surprise. You’re not allowed to be surprised.
STOP BEING FUCKING SURPRISED BY THIS.
I can't imagine there's a huge overlap between people seeing this comment and people who said they wouldn't touch social security. The people this needs to be yelled at aren't getting their news online (at least not the ones I've interacted with).
I know that. This is me just expressing my frustration.