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    paywall@rss.ponder.catMB to Wired@rss.ponder.catEnglish · 3 months 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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    paywall@rss.ponder.catMB to Wired@rss.ponder.catEnglish · 3 months ago
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    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.
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