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NEW: DOGE is planning to migrate the Social Security Administration codebase to a new programming language. This would normally take years. DOGE wants it done in months. That could put benefits for millions of Americans at risk. Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/doge-r...

wired.comDOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System CollapseSocial 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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