Tech expert I trust says this is insanely impossible to do in a few months. More like years. It's also unnecessary. They are taking your Social Security. STOP WAITING FOR IT TO BE TOO LATE.
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BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
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It's overdue, but we need people who know their asses from holes in the ground to do it.
COBOL isn’t considered sexy any more, but there is a lot of legacy code still running on it. Building a completely new system for something this complex will be a nightmare.
Which is why so much COBOL is still around…
(Also, the 5 guys thing was for effect. I know a few guys that know the language, but they're expensive)
There will be just a mountain of undocumented quirks in the code that were put there for a good reason that people have long since forgotten.
This kind of replacement just never goes well.
It does need to get done though.
This is all just further proof Elon doesn't actually know anything about software dev.
FYI folks. I think your mail might not be delivered soon. Trump has lost his frigging mind.
https://apwu.org/news/workers-rights/statement-apwu-president-mark-dimondstein-new-executive-order-attacking-workers
“American People vs. DOGE”
asking Elias Law Firm for representation…
I see it in the future…ask me why…don’t know…just see it coming…if you bother Americans hard EARNED MONEY…war
(Jack Smith was SO close.)
Now, whom will levy judgment ? Congress?! Courts?!
The remaining options become more daunting.
My evangelist used to say banks and credit card companies use and keep COBOL because it’s so hard to hack.
Obvs. That’s why they wanna change it. Because they don’t understand it. Fools.
And Trump just thinks it’s “computer”. Like a grampa. And stupid stupid grampa.
This is dumb and high risk, but that's a feature, not a bug. Move fast and break things, innit.
And no, more people can't do it faster. Just like 9 women can't make a baby in 1 month.
That is impossible.
There, they fixed their problem.
Hands Off: Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on, and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!
I’m equally sure that it will be a catastrophe of epic proportions.
Truly it would take years, not months.