Mastodawn

Per WIRED, The DOGE Boys are going to rebuild all SSA data from COBOL to (are you KIDDING ME?!?) *Java*... in a matter of *months*.

I'm a touch skeptical.

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

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.

WIRED