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This is completely insane. Musk wants to transition a half-century-old codebase, much of it written in COBOL, to modern languages in the space of a few MONTHS.
Possibly using generative AI to assist.
That's just pants on head idiotic.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/
WIRED · DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
@llamasoft_ox But but but he has a 19-year-old hacker called Mr Big Balls on the team. How can he possibly fail?
@llamasoft_ox@toot.wales@losttourist I highly doubt Big Balls has ever even seen a line of COBOL.
@llamasoft_ox @losttourist he's a vibe coders with a copilot license. No problem!