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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
I hope they keep the old one on for a while just in case...
Note: Social Security in the US only pays retirement and disability benefits. Welfare payments unlike in the UK are not made by the Social Security which is federal but by local regional authorities such as counties.